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Sarah Siddons born 5 July 1755 became the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century with her portrayal of Lady Macbeth. It was the grandeur of her emotions as she expressed Lady Macbeth's murderous passions that held her audiences spellbound.
She began as a lady's maid to Lady Greathead at Guy's Cliffe House, near the Saxon Mill, Coventry Road, in Warwick. In 1773, at the age of 18, she married William Siddons, an actor. Her family life was less than fortunate she gave birth to seven children but outlived five of them, and her marriage to William Siddons became strained and ended in an informal separation.
Stage performances:
Her most famous role was that of Lady Macbeth. In Lady Macbeth she found the highest and best scope for her acting abilities.
After Lady Macbeth she played Desdemona, Rosalind,Ophelia and Volumnia, all with great success but it was as Queen Catherine in Henry VIII that she discovered a part almost as well adapted to her acting powers as that of Lady Macbeth.
She died on 8 June 1831 and is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Paddington Green in London.
There is a pub in her home town of Brecon named after her, 'The Sarah Siddons Inn'.
There is a statue
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