In 1876, Poland's leading actress, Helena Modrzejewska,
accompanied by family and friends, emigrated to southern California
to establish a utopian commune that soon failed. Within a year
Modrzejewska made her debut in the title role of Adrienne
Lecouvreur at San Francisco's California Theatre. She changed her
name to Modjeska and quickly became a leading star on the American
stage, where she reigned for the next 30 years. During this time,
she established herself as America's most esteemed Shakespearean
actress, playing opposite such celebrated actors as Edwin Booth and
Maurice Barrymore. Starring Madame Modjeska traces Modjeska's
fabulous life and career from her illegitimate birth in Krakow, to
her successive reinventions of herself as a star in both Poland and
America, and finally to her enduring legacy.
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