Title: | Bernhardt, Sarah (Rosine Bernardt) (1844-1923): Actress |
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Description: | Bernhardt, Sarah (Rosine Bernardt) (1844-1923): Playing Hamlet, she continued a tradition of women playing male roles. She had already performed King Lear. This Hamlet was a prose adaptation by Eugene Morand and Marcel Schwab. It ran four hours! (See Robert Gottlieb, Sarah. The Life of Sarah Bernhardt. New Haven, YUP, 2010, p 142. Ophelie was played by Marthe Mellot. |
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1st Performance: | Jun 12, 1899 |
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Theatre: | Adelphi |
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Source: | The Graphic, Jun 17, 1899, p. 755 |
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The Graphic, Jun 17, 1899, p. 755
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The Graphic, Jun 17, 1899, p. 756
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