Harriet Smithson

Anglo-Irish actress (1800-1854) · 1800–1854

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Harriet Constance Smithson (18 March 1800 – 3 March 1854), who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz.

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Series · 10 Mar 2021Musicosophy 16. Programme music / Pure music

26:36The actress with whom Berlioz falls in love, a stage in the artist's life.