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HENRIETTA CONSTANCE SMITHSON (1800-1854)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 273 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONSTANCE SMITHSON (1800-1854)  , Irish actress, was the daughter of a theatrical manager . She made her first stage appearance in 1815 at the Crow Street theatre,
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Dublin, as Albina Mandeville in Reynolds's Will . Three years later she made her first
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London appearance at Drury Lane as Letitia Hardy . She had no particular success in England; but in Paris, in 1828 and 18,32, whither she first went with Macready, she aroused immense
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enthusiasm as Desdemona, Virginia, Juliet and Jane
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Shore . She had a
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host of admirers, among them Lector Berlioz (q.v.), whom she married in 1833 . They separated in 1840., At the time of her
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marriage her popularity was already over and she was deeply in debt . A benefit was given her, but she had the
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mortification of seeing a
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rival applauded when she herself was coldly received . She retired from the stage, and died on the 3rd of March 1854 .

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Lector Berlioz? and the year 18,32. Oh dear - I hope this is not indicative of the quality of Britannica, now that it's finaly available online...
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