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Title: Sarah Siddons letter to John Philip Kemble, September 1
Creator: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Sarah Siddons writes from Bath to her brother, John Philip Kemble, informing him that her husband is ill and that she will have to break her engagement at the Lane as "Volumnia." Siddons requests that her brother visit. The document is torn in multiple places.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00202
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1290
Language: English
Subject: Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Care of the sick
Shakespearean actors and actresses
Theater
Letters
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 5.25 x 7.25 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 18, folder 1, 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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