Edmund Kean was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
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A print of Edmund Kean as Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Portrait of Edmund Kean as Richard III![Newspaper notice for meeting of the Boston Debating Society: "Would the public be justified in expelling Kean the tragedian from the stage on account of his private character?" (October 1825)[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/1825_Kean_BostonDebating_BostonCommercialGazette_Oct27.png/330px-1825_Kean_BostonDebating_BostonCommercialGazette_Oct27.png)
Newspaper notice for meeting of the Boston Debating Society: "Would the public be justified in expelling Kean the tragedian from the stage on account of his private character?" (October 1825)[11]
Exterior of the Richmond Theatre and Edmund Kean's House. Kean was manager of the Richmond Theatre from 1831 until his death in 1833.
Edmund Kean as Brutus by James Northcote, 1819In their orbit 1
Actors born in the 1780s 6
About this person
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1787 to 1833 · aged 46
Written about in
31 languages
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