Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is a 1784 oil painting by Joshua Reynolds. Mrs. Sarah Siddons: Sarah Siddons was a well-known actress of the 18th century who became famous for her role as Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. Born Sarah Kemble, aged 18 she married William Siddons, also an actor, and they had seven children of who only two survived. Sarah's parents sent her to work as a lady's maid and with this job she was exposed to the works of England's literary greats such as Milton and Shakespeare. She also began acting and had
Mary Frances Scott-Siddons France, on November 19, 1896, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery, in Brookwood, Surrey, England. Her 8 April 1867 performance as Rosalind was thus noticed in the "Daily Telegraph" (April 10, 1867):— Further, he Daily News (April 9, 1867) expressed the opinion that:— Also, "Bell's Life" in London, April 13, 1867, said:— A criticism of her November 30, 1868 performance as Rosalind at the New York Theater appeared in the "New-York Tribune", December 1, 1868:— Mary Frances Scott-Siddons Mary Frances Scott-Siddons (1844 – 8 November 1896) was a British actor and dramatic reader. Her paternal great-grandmother was Sarah Siddons. After