Kean, Ellen

Kean, Ellen

▪ British actress
née Ellen Tree
born December 1805, Ireland
died Aug. 20, 1880, London, Eng.
 one of the finest English actresses of her day and the wife of the actor Charles Kean (Kean, Charles), with whom she performed.

      Ellen was born of English parents and first appeared at Covent Garden, London, in 1823 as Olivia in William Shakespeare's (Shakespeare, William) Twelfth Night. She then performed at Bath (1824–26), at Drury Lane Theatre, London (1826–29), and at Covent Garden (1829–36), where she played Romeo to Juliet as portrayed by the famous English actress Fanny Kemble.

      From 1836 to 1839 Ellen traveled in the United States. From 1839 to 1842 she played again at Covent Garden. In 1842 she married Charles Kean, after which they were closely associated for the remainder of his life. In 1845 they toured the United States with an extensive repertory. In 1850 Charles coleased (until 1859) the Princess's Theatre, London, where he and Ellen filled most of their subsequent engagements and where their fame reached its peak. They established a lasting reputation as pioneers of representational realism in the production of Shakespeare, whose characters Gertrude (in Hamlet) and Viola (in Twelfth Night) were among Ellen's finest roles. When Charles died in 1868, Ellen retired.

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