WXDA Person Record #426

Siddons

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Person Type

Subject of study

Name / Title(s)

Siddons

Title

Siddons

Mentioned in 5 Records

• No title.
  3 May 1785Breeches Actor

  "The Siddons has determined never again to wear the breeches; a circumstance of great domestic moment." ”The second dress of the Siddons, says a correspondent, …

• Drury-Lane.
  27 Mar 1786

  "It is much to be regretted that in the days when Shakespeare wrote, the women's characters were performed by men, which accounts for the number of plays which …

• Mrs. Siddons in Imogen.
  30 Jan 1787Breeches Actor

  "Mrs. Siddons representing Imogen.--However interesting the situation may be, our taste must ever censure the appearance of women in breeches--which of late has…

• Theatre. Mrs. Siddons in Imogen.
  31 Jan 1787Breeches Actor

  "In the adoption of Imogen, Mrs. Siddons mistook her genius--in the profession of the stage, the judgment of others should have strong influence, and every frie…

• No title.
  7 Feb 1787Breeches Actor

  At royal performance before "their Majesties," "Mr. Kamble and Mrs. Siddons gave every effect to Posthumus and Imogen."