Elizabeth Satchell
Introduction Elizabeth Satchell by John Goldar'''Elizabeth Kemble''' (née '''Satchell'''; 1763 – 20 January 1841) was an English actress. From her marriage she was billed as '''Mrs. Kemble''' on playbills.
Life Elizabeth Satchell was born in London, and she was a talented performer when she married Stephen Kemble, of the Kemble family, in 1783.They acted together for several years both in London and in the provincial circuits. She also wrote a pastoral, ''Philander and Rose; or, the Bridal Day'', which was produced in Manchester on 25 April 1785).Satchell outlived her husband by 19 years. Her most famous role was Yarico from the opera ''Inkle and Yarico'', for which she was considered "universally" to be the best "ever seen". She died near Durham.
Reputation Theatre manager Tate Wilkinson declared that next to Susannah Maria Cibber, Elizabeth Satchell was the best Ophelia he ever saw.The editor of ''Blackwood's Magazine'' reported:"In all the parts she played she was impassioned; and all good judges who remember her will agree with us in thinking that she was an actress, not only of talent but of genius. "James Boaden was enthusiastic in her praise. In 1792, the ''Thespian Magazine''  reported that  "Satchell summons the resistless tear of compassion into the eyes of the most rugged and insensible – and while sympathy and feeling shall hold a place in the human heart, her representation of Yarrico sic will be attended with delight, and remembered with the most unbounded admiration.”Elizabeth Satchell by Johann Heinrich Ramberg
Selected roles * Adelaide in ''The Count of Narbonne'' by Robert Jephson (1781)* Agnes in ''The Walloons'' by Richard Cumberland (1782)* Julia in ''Which is the Man?'' by Hannah Cowley (1782)* Marianne in ''The Mysterious Husband'' by Richard Cumberland (1783)* Yarico in ''Inkle and Yarico'' by George Colman the Younger (1787)* Vimonda in ''Vimonda'' by Andrew Macdonald (1787)* Adelaide in ''The Prisoner at Large'' by John O'Keeffe (1788)* Harriet in ''Ways and Means'' by George Colman the Younger (1788)* Lady Classick in ''The Married Man'' by Elizabeth Inchbald (1789)* Julia in ''The Surrender of Calais'' by George Colman the Younger (1791)* Eleanor in ''Next Door Neighbours'' by Elizabeth Inchbald (1791)* Kitty Barleycorn in ''The London Hermit'' by John O'Keeffe (1793)* Rosolia in ''Zorinski'' by Thomas Morton (1795)* Celestina in ''Don Pedro'' by Richard Cumberland (1796)
References
Links *''Dictionary of National Biography''*''Encyclopædia Britannica''