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Biography of Edmund Kean
Name: Edmund Kean
Birth Date: March 17, 1789
Death Date: May 15, 1833
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: actor
Edmund Kean
Considered one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century, Edmund Kean (1789-1833) restored authenticity to the Bard's works, where others had seen fit to change and even censor them. His performances and his life soon became legendary, but heavy drinking brought a premature end to his career.Because there is no record of Kean's birth, the exact date is open to debate, but the best estimate places it on March 17, 1789 in London. He was the illegitimate son of Ann Carey, an actress, and Edmund Kean, an actor and apprentice surveyor. The senior Edmund Kean committed suicide at age 22, when his son was only three years old. His mother was not around, and the boy was cared for by a Charlotte Tidswell.Tidswell was also an actress, a bit player at the Drury Lane Theatre Company. She had been the mistress of the child's uncle, Moses Kean, a London entertainer …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…was not available. Kemble was the new toast of the London theater world and Kean was vilified by the press for his perceived selfishness.Kean persisted at Drury Lane that season, but he eventually returned to Covent Garden, the location of his final performance. It was a staging of Othello that also starred his son Charles, who had re-established friendly relations with his father. Kean's final performance was on March 25, 1833 with Kean playing Othello to Charles's Iago. Kean collapsed on stage and later died on May 15, 1833. With his death an era had passed. Further Reading Playfair, Giles, Kean, E.P. Dutton and Co., 1939.Times Higher Education Supplement, November 21, 1997. "1826-Edmund Kean among the Hurons," Shakespeare.about.com website, http://shakespeare.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadiantheatre.com%2Fk%2Fkeanhuronsdoc.html (December 11, 2000). "Edmund Kean," freespace.virgin.net website, http://freespace.virginnet/andrew.walters2/edmund.htm (December 11, 2000).
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