"I AM INDEED MUCH STRONGER THAN A MAN" CAMPBELL (Mrs Patrick, born Beatrice Stella Tanner, 1865-1940, Actress)

Autograph Letter signed "Beatrice Stella Campbell" to Mrs Cole thanking her for her "kind letter & congratulations - I am indeed much stronger than a man", 1 side 8vo., Lyceum Theatre, 27th September

She became successful after starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893, at St. James's Theatre where she also appeared in 1894 in The Masqueraders. As Kate Cloud in John-a-Dreams, produced by Beerbohm Tree at the Haymarket in 1894, she had another success, and again as Agnes in The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith at the Garrick (1895). Among her other performances were those in Fédora (1895), Little Eyolf (1896), and her notable performances with Forbes-Robertson at the Lyceum in London's West End in the rôles of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Lady Macbeth (1895–98) in Macbeth. Once established as a major star, Campbell assisted in the early careers of some noted actors, such as Gerald Du Maurier and George Arliss.

Item Date:  1896

Stock No:  39747      £75

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