Fair Ophelia
A life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz
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Author
Publication
1982 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, England
Language
English
Word Count
54,000 words, Guess
Page Count
216 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100521244218
- ISBN-139780521244213
- LibraryThing1511723
- Library of Congress Control Number81021601
- OCLC Control Number8034756
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780521244213
- Open LibraryOL3781513M
Classifications
- DDC792/.028/0924
- DDCB
- LCCPN2598.B577 R3 1982
Description
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.
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