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Fanny Furnival

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in 1752 where Furnival was the principal actress. Whilst he was there they became partners and it was agreed that he would marry Furnival. Although Furnival appeared as "Mrs Kemble" it is thought that they never married. Furnival and Kemble then moved to
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wearing Bellamy's special dress which included diamonds. The dress actually belonged to Bellamy's patron Mrs Butler. Mrs Butler spotted her dress and appealed to the audience for justice. The crowd chanted, "'No more Furnival!", and
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She and her husband moved to Dublin in 1739 where they both found work. In 1741 she notably, as a woman, appeared as Hamlet. She and her husband appeared to have separated whilst she was appearing at Dublin's
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on 10 February 1731. She and her husband are not seen on London playbills until 1736 and it is thought that the two of them must have been touring outside London between 1731 and 1736.
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actress and singer who appeared in theatres in London and Dublin. She notably took the role of Hamlet in 1741. She lost a vendetta with
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which Furnival felt was her part. She had to take the lesser part of Octavia. Furnival decided to appear on stage, without warning, in
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In 1745 she had to leave Dublin when she showed poor judgement during her vendetta with another notable actress
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She first came to notice when she and her husband, Thomas Furnival, joined the company at the
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Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1978).
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for the season of 1730-31. She appeared as "Lady Grace" in
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first entered the theatre by joining Smith's company at
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Index

Great Britain
Roger Kemble
fl.
British
George Anne Bellamy
Roger Kemble
Haymarket Theatre, London
The Provok'd Husband
Aungier Street theatre
George Anne Bellamy
King John
Smock Alley Theatre
All for Love
Mary Elmy
Roger Kemble
Canterbury
Birmingham
John Ward
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Eagan to Garrett
ISBN
978-0-8093-0832-3




"Furnival, Elizabeth [Fanny] [known as Mrs Kemble] (fl. 1731–1752), actress and singer"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/64340
UK public library membership

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