Campbell, Mrs Patrick 
Promptbooks and programmes

MSS 792.95 C189

Biographical

Mrs Patrick Campbell (born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner) was born in London on 9 February 1865. An English Stage Actress she began her career in 1888 at the Alexandra Theatre. She would go on to perform many outstanding performances, most notably the roles of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth while working with Forbes-Robertson at the Lyceum.

By 1900 Mrs Campbell had become her own Manager/Director and took her career overseas, making her debut performance in New York City, before travelling around the United States. She remaining in New York until 1933.

Mrs. Campbell died of pneumonia on 9 April 1940 in France.

Contents

Series 1: Prompt Books

1. Prompt Book. Magda. Acts I, II, III. Bound hardback, typescript. 1 v. 
2. Prompt Book. Magda. Act I. Bound hardback, typescript. 1 v. 
3. Prompt Book. Magda. Act II. Bound hardback, typescript. 1 v.
4. Prompt Book. Magda. Act III. Bound hardback, typescript. 1 v. 
5. Prompt Book. Magda. Act I. Bound paper back, typescript. 1 v. 
6. Prompt Book. Magda. Act II. Bound paper back, typescript. 1 v.
7. Prompt Book. Magda. Act III. Bound paper back, typescript. 1 v.
8. Playscript. L'Elévation. (Paris: Artheme Fayard & Co, 1917) with handwritten notations opposite text. 217 p.  
9. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act I. Paperback, typescript. 1 v.
10.  Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act I. Paperback (green version), typescript. 1 v.
11. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act I. Paperback (pink version), typescript. 1 v.
12. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act II. Paperback (green version), typescript. 1 v.
13. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act II. Paperback (pink version), typescript. 1 v.
14. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act III. Paperback (green version), typescript. 1 v.
15. Prompt Book. L'Elévation. Act III. Paperback (pink version), typescript. 1 v.
16. Prompt Book. Searchlights. Includes 3 photographs of scenes. 1 folder of loose material. 
17. Prompt Book. Searchlights. Acts I, II, III. Bound hardback, typescript. 1 v.  

Series 2: Programmes etc

1. Photograph of Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Ophelia from 'The Edinburgh Folio' Volume VIII, P. 32. 
2. Silk Programme. Magda. March 8th 1899. 2 copies. 
3. Programme. Nelson's Enchantress. February 11th, 1879.
4. Programme. Hedda Gabler. March, 1907.
5. Programme. The Whirlwind. April 1906. 
6. Advertisement card. As You Like It. June 9th, 1891.
7. Programme. As You Like It. c1889.
8. Programme. The Joy of Living. June 24th, 1903.
9. Programme. Deirdre and Electra. November/December 1908.
10. Programme. Madame Sand. June 3rd, 1920.
11. Programme. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. September, 1901. 

Listed by Marie Larsen
20/08/2019