Tag: John Singer Sargent
July 20, 2017 /

“Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?” Dame Ellen Terry

Ellen Terry (1847-1928) appeared on stage for seventy years. During that time she married twice, managed a theater, toured the United States, taught and lectured, corresponded with George Bernard Shaw, was painted by John Singer Sargent, and wrote a very interesting memoir. Most of the letters written to me I…

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August 12, 2015 /

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? August 12th, now let me see…

August 12, 2015 /

Good Morning, from Boston!

First impressions; a green leafy canopy of trees, great billowing clouds against a soft blue sky, rows of red brick houses, cobbled passages, the most gracious people… And speaking of whom, you must check out something quite fascinating in progress, a book by William Kuhn — historical fiction about Isabella…

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September 19, 2014 /

“…looking as out of place as a John Singer Sargent painting hung on a graffitied wall…” a snapshot from It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester