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The Winter's Tale The history of the play during the nineteenth century begins with its revival by John Philip Kemble (1757–1823). In 1802 he presented it with splendid decorations and stage properties, the famous Mrs. Siddons, who was Kemble's sister, taking the part of Hermione. The comedy was revived again in 1856 by Charles Kean (1811–1868) at the Princess's theatre, where Ellen Terry, then a little girl, made her first appearance on the stage as Mamillius. Helen Faucit (1817–1898) about the middle of the century, and Mary Anderson (1859–) toward its close, gave brilliant interpretations of the leading female rôles. In 1910 in New York The Winter's Tale was admirably produced under the direction of Mr. Louis Calvert 'with such a stage and accessories as, according to the latest researches, Shakespeare had at his own command.' The most important presentation since then has been the one given by Mr. Granville Barker.