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John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) first played the part there on 28th April 1784, and again on 15th November the same year, a year after his first appearance at  Drury Lane as Hamlet. When he was manager and a shareholder of Covent Garden Theatre, he played Cato in a revival there on 26th January 1811, a further sixteen times that season, and five the next. His success in the role was immortalised in 1812 by the monumental painting by Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), now in the National Portrait Gallery, showing Kemble in costume for the role.\r\n\r\nWhen Macready saw him act the role Covent Garden on 25th October 1816 he wrote that: 'imagination could not supply a grander or more noble presence'. Kemble reappeared as Cato at Covent Garden in May and June 1817, choosing it as one of his parts for his final season. 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