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in memory of one of our brightest stars

Bess was active in many of Buffalo's theatre companies, including the Irish Classical Theatre, Musicalfare and the Kavinoke. I remember her best for her work with Shakespeare in Delaware Park; below are some photos of her in those productions.

As Queen Elizabeth in King Richard the Third

As Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet

As the Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost

As Mistress Quickly in King Henry the Fourth, part two

As Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor

I saw a star slide down the sky,

Blinding the North as it went by,

Too burning and too quick to hold,

Too lovely to be bought or sold.

Good only to make wishes on,

And then forever to be gone.

--Sara Teasdale

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