Fair Ophelia
Peter Raby · 1982
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About the book
A biography of the Irish born Harriet Smithson, who as an actress in Paris attracted the obsessive attention of the French composer Hector Berlioz who married her.
First sentence: Harriet Smithson is known today because in 1827 she chanced to play Ophelia and Juliet in a season of English theatre in Paris; Hector Berlioz was present, fell in love with the Shakespearean image, and pursued it in his life and in his music.
Book details
- Year
- 1982
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 230
- ISBN
- 9780521545808
Data source: Wikidata
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