{"product_id":"mrs-kembles-tempest-tom-ziegler-9780573710438","title":"Mrs. Kemble's Tempest","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe action centers on a fictional portrayal of Fanny Kemble's farewell performance to her beloved audience. She has chosen a reading of Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e as her swan song. As she reads, she slips in and out of the characters on Shakespeare's magical island and relives her own life as an actress, a mother, an abolitionist and a triumphant author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFanny Kemble was a mid-19th century actress from a theatrical family in Britain. She married an American and was an early feminist, abolitionist, writer, and one of the most celebrated actresses to grace the 19th-century American stage. She argued politics with U.S. presidents. She inspired Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and Henry James' Washington Square. She was the first entertainment superstar about whom newspapers gossiped; women imitated her, and men wore her likeness on neckties. After her divorce in 1849, she gave dramatic readings of Shakespeare's plays in which she performed all the roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0573710430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780573710438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel French, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Tom Ziegler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790212067583,"sku":"9780573710438","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4c390a9-184e-4a96-a012-85e2a08a0866.jpg?v=1707288278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mrs-kembles-tempest-tom-ziegler-9780573710438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}