John Philip Kemble

thumb|right|200px|Kemble in 1802 John Philip Kemble ("J. P.") Kemble (February 1, 1757 – February 26, 1823) was an English actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Quotes Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,But—why did you kick me down stairs? The Panel, Act i, Scene 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Altered from Isaac Bickerstaff's "'T is Well 't is no Worse"; also found in Debrett's "Asylum for Fugitive Pieces", vol. i., p. 15. When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 40. External links Category:1757 births Category:1823 deaths Category:People from Liverpool Category:Actors from England