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.'"