HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL

                         

Born in England on Feb. 9, 1865, Mrs. Patrick Campbell was baptized Stella which also means star, and she was born to be one.  She became George Bernard Shaw's muse, (the letters are famous) and he wrote the role of Eliza Doolittle for her when she was 49 years of age!  The lighting in the theatre was not as bright then and there was a great deal of distance between the proscenium and the first row, which might have diminished the age problem.  One of her closest friends was the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt.  No surprise since both of them were known for their vibrant theatricality on stage.