Fair Ophelia. Fair Ophelia.
Used Hardcover
ISBN 9780521244213 / 0521244218
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 0521244218, 1983
1st edition. “Harriet Smithson is known today because in 1827 she was cast first as Ophelia and then as Juliet in a season of English theatre in Paris. Hector Berlioz was present, and fell in love with the Romantic image she seemed to personify. She became the inspiration for some of his greatest music, and eventually (though not before he poisoned himself in her presence to extract her consent) he married her…” Pp.xiv/216, 43 black & white illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper