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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)AELAdd/32
TitleLetter from Anthony Eden to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Mrs Patrick Campbell]
Extent1 item
Date1922
DescriptionLetter of thanks written from Christ Church, Oxford, on 25 May, for a 'wonderful evening' at the theatre when she starred as 'Hedda Gabbler' [sic]. Mrs Cornwallis-West is clearly a family friend and Eden gives her information about his mother to whom he is writing to tell her of 'your wonderful acting' and his sister, Marjorie. He also invites Mrs Cornwallis-West to Oxford
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryBeatrice Stella Campbell (1865-1940) nee Tanner, actress is better known by her stage name, Mrs Patrick Campbell. She married Patrick Campbell in 1884 who was killed South Africa in 1900. She was re-married in 1914 to George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West.
Related MaterialThis item was purchased at an auction of Mrs Patrick Campbell's Theatre Archive in a lot with other miscellaneous letters to Mrs Patrick Campbell (see LAdd/6161-6166). The Special Collections Department holds a commonplace book of hers, c 1895 (location: 1957/ii/11)
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