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Fanny Kemble: Antebellum America
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Fanny Kemble, who was married to an American slave owner, joined the abolitionist movement and wrote the first eyewitness account by a white woman condemning slavery. The 7:30 p.m. presentation, part of the Illinois College convocation series, will be staged in Sibert Theatre and is free and open to the public.
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Fanny Kemble did not come to America in 1832 to sightsee; she came to save the family fortune. A novice English actress from a theater family, Kemble's father had lost a great deal of money, and after a successful acting debut in London, he decided they could make more money touring in America. Fanny was reluctant to go on the trip but she was ... a spirited woman who enjoyed drama and adventure.
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There is only one full-length, thoroughly documented study of Fanny Kemble: Margaret N. Armstrong, Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian (1938). As a cultural commentator, she is examined in Una Pope-Hennessy, Three English Women in America (1929), which ... discusses Frances Trollope and Harriet Martineau. A study of her as a theatrical figure is included in Edward Robins, Twelve Great Actresses (1900).
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In 1832, Fanny set out on a two-year theater tour in America, where she was received with great enthusiasm. Audiences were enraptured, and she was soon being introduced to political and cultural dignitaries.
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