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Mr. Charles Kean: January 18th 1811

Debut in London at 17, in Haymarket, then went to Druary Lane

Scholar of no mean acquirements

Agreeable companion to peer or peasant

George Daniel says: "...in the absence of ...excitement, he is often tame and passionless."

Magazine authors: "The defects of his delivery, his monotony, and partial lisp, are not so disagreeable as the scotched and crude manners of the 'great tragedian.'"