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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 9 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas and Anne Bradley

1865 Birthday of actress Beatrice Stella Tanner, better known by her stage name, Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940). She had a long correspondence with playwright George Bernard Shaw, and appeared in many of his plays, creating the role of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on February 9, 2015

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