Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-26
Lille Hope for Recovery of
Famous Mrs. "Par Campbell
Celebrated Emotional Actress
Who Appeared in Albu-
querque in Mrs. Ebbsmith"
Became Celebrity Over
Night.

London dispatches hold opt little
hope for tho recovery of Mrs. Patrick
Campbell. who for some time has
been seriously 100 az her homo at 80
KcuslnEton square. ln tho British
metropolis Mrs. Campbell several
NpnTs ago appeared iu THE Nutoriuus
Mrs Ehbsmith" in the EMS thcuter
in Albuquerque before one ~ tho
largest audiences ever gathered n
that playhouse.
Mrs campbell IN one OF the few
great stage characters who gained
fame overnight
what Mrs Leslie carter. Americas
prc-eminput emotional actress. is to
the western hemisphere. Mrs camp
h,ll has been Geo the worlds stage. ln
versatility. inspiration and general
artistic accomplishment she follows
closely Modioska, Bernhard. Ellen
Terry ana clara Morris.
Ter greatest successes have been
problem plays. Ia fact the vehicle In
which she travelled into fame and for.
,uuu in night was So frankly prob
lem that % was declined by John
Hare. for whom 81 was written. tina;
was W.. s"fN NItNN ~ NJ ANlNiNhfANN
fu the title role. "paun Tunqucruy'
Mrs. Campbell appeared May 20, 1898.
900 She ST. James thratcr. London
within three hours she WIS hcruldcd
for ana wide. pow-born star ut the
first throtrieal magn.tud".
Mrs campbell was born in London.
February 80. 1856 her maiden name
Was Beatrice stella Tanner her father
WIS un Eugushmlu her mother.
I1irla Homuniui. au italian. Fiuan-
,I.l rryrrscs overlook the family and
thc parents cmlgrntcd 90 Texas. lcav
ing the daughter. who had married
Patrick Campbell ana was the mother
uf two children before she was 20.
Her husband WAS killed In the BOcr
war in 1900
Mrs Campbell Joined an amateur
dramatic club. the Anomalies. in
1856. ana to help support the chill
drrn. toured with Green's company in
1NNN. Randmun palmcr's company IN
1883. and Ben Grcctv company in
iNH-H1 she made her debut In Lon
don az the Shufteshury thcator AS
liosaund in June, 1891.
For two years she played without
attracting attention. Then came Tan
uuorav" and she shot up the ladder
boz the space Of three hours she
created Hulcle in "rhe Masquorad-
ors." played Fedora" Juliet and
Kate cloud in John Dreams Some
added Co her fame.
Then she appeared us Agnes In
'Thp Notorious Mrs Ehhsmith." star
ring for while with Forbes Robert
SON Following that success she ape
h yrnrrd In mir and Mrs. navcntry.
llt that was too frank Tor even a
London audience. Il lacked the sugar
coating thut Pincro had given his
other two Agnes Ebhsmith ana
Paula TanUernv
Mrs Cauph,ll visited America SOW
,rHI times. coming over iu vaudeville
two years ago. "fur the money thats
n h." she frankly admitted Later
ah, tried THE Foolish virgin ON q
Sew YORK audience, hut b, youturrd
too fnr in its sex problem, ana she
returned Co Londun, she brought
u.or 9TH" SorosTrss" in 1905, and
"Elycctra" IN 1907.
Mrs Cawphelfs daughter. stella
partck, was married last year "a
Ncryyn " n Reach, a noted British
preachers son, her son. Alan. mar
riod Miss Helen Run, a Chicago 500
ylcty girl Both Alan ana his sister
nave followed their mother lea choos.
ing their vocatlons They have played
iu their mothers company, In Amer
iru and IN London.