Williams-Ellis, Amabel. All Stracheys Are Cousins. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983.
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Beatrice Stella Campbell
Standard Name: Campbell, Beatrice Stella
Used Form: Mrs Patrick Campbell
Used Form: Beatrice Stella Tanner Campbell
Birth Name: Beatrice Stella Tanner
Used Form: Mrs Pat
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Edith Lyttelton | EL
numbered among her close friends the well-known actress Mrs Patrick Campbell
, whom she first met in 1890. Campbell performed in several of her plays. In 1912, EL
was an intermediary when Bernard Shaw |
| Friends, Associates | Amabel Williams-Ellis | AWE
's friends and associates included Edith Sitwell
, whose poems she often published in The Spectator; Storm Jameson
, a political mentor |
| Friends, Associates | Hope Mirrlees | Very soon after this, she met and became a protegée of celebrated actress Mrs Patrick Campbell
(Beatrice Stella Tanner Campbell
). |
| Friends, Associates | Constance Smedley | In Birmingham CS
had become friendly with Coulson Kernahan
, through whom she also met Flora Klickmann
. Edgar Pemberton
brought her acquainted with theatrical figures she deeply admired: Sir Charles Wyndham
, and Mary Moore |
| Friends, Associates | Naomi Jacob | NJ
said one of the greatest influences on her after her mother was the actress Gladys ffolliott
. Jacob, Naomi. Me: A Chronicle about Other People. Hutchinson, 1933. 174-6 |
| Literary responses | Naomi Jacob | Despite having been reproved in her youth by no less a person than Christabel Pankhurst
for her love of popularity, NJ
continued to enjoy opening letters from readers. Jacob, Naomi. Me: A Chronicle about Other People. Hutchinson, 1933. 199-200 |
| Occupation | Helen Waddell | |
| Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | Mrs Patrick Campbell
's Company
first performed GBS
's history play Caesar
and Cleopatra, at the Theatre Royal
in Newcastle upon Tyne. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press, 1998. xxiii Innes, Christopher. Modern British Drama, 1890-1990. Cambridge University Press, 1992. 23 Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research, 1982. |
| Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | GBS
's best-known play, Pygmalion, opened at His Majesty's Theatre
, Haymarket, London, with Mrs Patrick Campbell
as Eliza Doolittle (a part written for her) to Sir Herbert Tree
's Henry Higgins. This... |
| Performance of text | Edith Lyttelton | St. Ursula's Pilgrimage: A Miracle Play in Five Shewings by EL
, was produced by Mrs Patrick Campbell
at the Court Theatre
in London, with a cast featuring several prominent members of society. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 797 |
| Performance of text | Edith Lyttelton | The Macleans of Bairness, a history play by EL
about Bonnie Prince Charlie
, was produced by Mrs Patrick Campbell
at the Criterion Theatre
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 797 Kaplan, Joel H., and Sheila Stowell. Theatre and Fashion: Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 84 |
| Publishing | Constance Smedley | CS
persevered with writing plays, and began studying drama and theatre history. One of her early plays, also performed at the Birmingham School of Art
, starred her sister
. Another centred on an actress... |
| Textual Features | Constance Smedley | CS
eschews dates and does not always elucidate sequence. She vividly describes driving in a suffrage procession to the Albert Hall, sharing a carriage with Mrs Patrick Campbell
and her daughter Stella Campbell
... |
| Textual Features | George Paston | A wife plays a trick on her husband by pretending that she mistakes him for a famous romance writer who (she further pretends) is her lover. Her husband, discovering the ruse, turns the tables and... |
| Textual Features | Pam Gems | The play opens in Hollywood, with Mrs Patrick Campbell
regaling a new, American generation with her memories. It centres on her relationship with George Bernard Shaw
, but her life and career are also... |
Timeline
March 1890: The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick...
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March 1890
The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick Campbell
made her first appearance on the London stage in Sheridan Knowles
's The Hunchback.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
128
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1239
February 1891: Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein founded...
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February 1891
Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein
founded the Independent Theatre Society
in London to promote literary rather than commercial plays, and the new drama in particular.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
318
McDonald, Jan. The ’New Drama’ 1900-1914. Grove Press, 1986.
1-2
13 March 1895: Arthur Wing Pinero's New Woman play The Notorious...
Writing climate item
13 March 1895
Arthur Wing Pinero
's New Woman play The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith opened at the Garrick Theatre
in London.
Chothia, Jean, editor. The New Woman and Other Emancipated Woman Plays. Oxford University Press, 1998.
62
May 1912: A group of women singers including Sarah...
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May 1912
A group of women singers including Sarah Bernhardt
, Mrs Patrick Campbell
, Clara Butt
, and Anna Pavlova
rallied together for a single performance in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund at Covent Garden.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
108
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