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Productions of the Players State Theatre, Season 1978-1979.

Poster for a performance of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet starring members of the Kemble theatrical family at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden.

A production of the Players State Theatre, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1980.

This performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear was given at the University of Miami's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, Coral Gables, Florida.

Program of the Opera Guild of Greater Miami, Season 1965 production of Verdi's Otello.

Verso playbill describing a Miami Civic Theatre production held at the University of Miami.

Fanny Kemble was born into a theatrical family; her mother was a famed actress and her father was the manager of the Covent Garden Theatre in London. Kemble established a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of her time in England and in…

An item from the Fanny Kemble Playbill Collection documenting Kemble's early years on the English stage.

As a child, Shakespeare attended King's New School in Stratford where he was instructed in Latin literature and history. The classic poets he studied in his youth greatly influenced his work. He was particularly fond of Virgil and Ovid; the latter is…