"The Lady of the Camellias" is a French tragic play based on Alexandre Dumas #the younger# 1848 novel by the same name, #it is sometimes referred to as "Camille"#. The play was adapted for the theater by Dumas in 1852 and then for the opera by the composer Verdi's 'La Traviata' in 1853. The play became a favorite of audiences in the late 19th century.The story is set in Paris during the mid 1800's.The lead heroine is Marguerite Gautier, a young beautiful courtesan who is a "kept woman" by counts and dukes-men of "Fashionable Society".She meets a young middle class lover Armand Duval who does the unpardonable thing of falling jealously in love with her and breaking all convention of what's expected between a courtesan and her admirers.He,of course,has no way of sustaining the standard of living which she is accustom.Etc.
The actress of the page: Sally Blane #1910 1997# - Kit: Moments of Treasure made by Lynn Griffin