Mrs Patrick Campbell as Magdalene in 'Magda'

1 portrait of Mrs Patrick Campbell

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1896
5 3/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (137 mm x 97 mm) image size
Purchased, 1941
Photographs Collection
NPG x5041

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Mrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Campbell (née Tanner)) (1865-1940), Actress; former wife of Patrick Campbell and later wife of George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West. Sitter in 20 portraits.

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Unknown photographer. Artist associated with 4585 portraits.

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This portrait depicts Campbell in her costume for Magda in which she played the title role, a 'new woman' whose sexual freedom and artistic career challenged Victorian conventions. Opening on 3 June 1896, the production was a failure but Campbell successfully revived the role in 1900, under her own management at the Royalty Theatre, Soho.