The People - Charles Kemble

Name Variants
  • Mr C. Kemble
Gender
Man
Start
25 Nov 1775 (b.)
End
12 Nov 1854 (d.)
Country of Birth
Wales
Locality
Brecon

Bio
BD Vol. 8: 302-321

Works (3 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Point of Honour 1801 Mainpiece Author
The Wanderer; or, The Rights of Hospitality 1808 Mainpiece Author
Plot and Counterplot; or, The Portrait of Michael Cervantes 1809 Afterpiece Author

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Actor

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (10 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
13 May 1801 Drury Lane King John The Scotch Ghost; or, Little Fanny's Love, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed £345 16s £168 18s £514 14s £214 Unknown
02 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Pizarro The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed £350 16s £88 £438 16s £221 Unknown
19 May 1803 Drury Lane Unknown Drama Hamlet, Of Age Tomorrow £155 12s £85 6s £240 18s £216 Unknown
27 May 1805 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride Love a la mode £307 2s £101 14s £408 16s N/A 339
16 May 1806 Covent Garden The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Tom Thumb £247 6s 6d Unknown £247 6s 6d N/A Unknown
20 May 1807 Covent Garden Unknown Drama Peter the Great; or, Wooden Walls, Which is the Master? £316 19s 6d Unknown £316 19s 6d N/A Unknown
26 May 1807 Covent Garden Unknown Drama Hamlet, Paul and Virginia £271 8s £134 17s £406 5s N/A 502 Sh
18 May 1808 Covent Garden Unknown Drama King Lear, The Day After the Wedding; or A Wife's First Lesson, Ballet, Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
05 May 1809 Covent Garden Unknown Drama Venice Preservd; or, A Plot Discovered, Plot and Counterplot; or, The Portrait of Michael Cervantes £264 18s £27 £291 18s N/A 90
09 May 1809 Covent Garden Unknown Drama The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret, The Blind Boy £131 10s £67 9s 6d £198 19s 6d N/A 253 Sh

Money paid (to theatre) (2 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
30 Jun 1803 Drury Lane £60 14s 3d Mr Charles Kemble's Benft Deficy
26 May 1809 Covent Garden £28 10s Recd of Mr and Mrs C Kemble Benefit Deficiency

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Money received (from theatre) (151 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
03 May 1794 Drury Lane £3 8d Kemble Mr. Charles for last Week
21 Jun 1799 Drury Lane £6 Charles Kemble last Year's Arrears Payment amount appears in an "Old Debt" column, which has its own running total, separate from this season's main running total. The "Old Debt" running total disappears after 20 June 1799, though "Old Debt" payments continue to be made thereafter and are not added to the main running total.
28 Sep 1799 Drury Lane £7 C. Kemble Listed under "Salaries 5 Days".
12 Oct 1799 Drury Lane £6 Mr. C. Kemble
19 Oct 1799 Drury Lane £4 Mr. C. Kemble 3 days Pay
19 Oct 1799 Drury Lane £6 Mr. C. Kemble
26 Oct 1799 Drury Lane £7 Mr. C. Kemble
02 Nov 1799 Drury Lane £9 C. Kemble
09 Nov 1799 Drury Lane £9 Mr. C. Kemble
23 Nov 1799 Drury Lane £9 Mr. C. Kemble