My Return to Broadway

Broadway, Worcestershire.  I was last here in 2000, to do some research on Mary Anderson de Navarro, an actress born in Louisville who had her stge debut at 17 in New York, and then became a sensation in London.  Known for her portrayals of Shakespearean heroines, she was a much-beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic.  When I was here in 2000, I was privileged to visit her family home in this beautiful Cotswold village, and I stayed at a lovely bed-and-breakfast called the Olive Branch.  This afternoon I was welcomed back to the Olive Branch and tomorrow I am to give a program about Mary Anderson and the group of artists, American and British, who gathered around her.