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Sarah Bernhardt's First American Theatrical Tour, 1880-1881 (Paperback)
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Sarah Bernhardt's First American Theatrical Tour, 1880-1881 (Paperback)
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On October 15, 1880, with great excitement and fanfare, two Sarah
Bernhardts set sail for New York from Le Havre for a theatrical
tour of the United States. One wanted to introduce French culture
to a backward country, and the other wanted to make money. As an
actress, she behaved in a fashion that amused and scandalized her
audiences, and as a woman, she was an unwed mother and a shrewd
businessperson. Bernhardt's multiple personas and ""otherness""
were what fascinated the American public; her name, her
eccentricities, and her genius had already made her world famous.
Sarah Bernhardt's first American theatrical tour, from her arrival
in 1880 to her return to Europe in May 1881, is chronicled here.
She traveled as far west as Kansas City and as far south as New
Orleans, all the while sparking cultural commentary about her
performances, her artwork, and her lifestyle. This book provides an
overview of the contemporary reviews, caricatures and satires,
considers Bernhardt's reception by the American press and American
audiences, and discusses the way in which the Bernhardt iconography
was created and the assumptions that underlie it.
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