Roles played by Sarah Bernhardt

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This is a list of the notable roles played by the French actress Sarah Bernhardt, including both stage roles and early motion pictures,[1][2] with the year of the first performance.[3][4] Roles first performed by Bernhardt are noted as premieres.

Theatrical roles

ill. Year Play Author Role Theatre Note
1858 Tobias Regains His Sight Mère Sainte-Thérèse The angel Raphael Convent at Grand-champs, Versailles Performed in honour of the archbishop of Paris on his visit to the convent where Sarah was a pupil.
1861 Les Enfants d'Edouard Casimir Delavigne
Edouard V
 Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris male role
1861 Les Premières Armes de Richelieu Jean-François Bayard / Dumanoir Richelieu Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris male role
1862 Iphigénie Racine title role Comédie Française
1862 Valérie Eugene Scribe / Mélesville title role Comédie Française
1862 Les Femmes Savantes Molière Henriette Comédie Française
1862 L'Etourdi Molière Hippolyte Comédie Française
1863 Le Père de la Debutante Emmanuel Théaulon and Jean-François Bayard Anita Gymnase 1863, 23 June[5]
1863 Le Démon du Jeu Théodore Barrière and Henri Crisafulli Amélie de Villefontaine Gymnase premiere

1863, 16 July[6]

1863 Un Soufflet n'est Jamais Perdu Jean-François Bayard Jeannette Gymnase
1863 La Maison sans Enfants Dumanoir Madame de Rives Gymnase
1863 L'Etourneau Jean-François Bayard and Léon Laya Anita Gymnase
1863 Le Premier Pas

(fr)

Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes Clémence Gymnase
1864 Un Mari qui Lance sa Femme

(fr)

Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes Princesse Douchinka,

later Mme Dieudonné

Gymnase 1864, 23 April[7]
1865 La Biche aux Bois

(fr)

Brothers Charles-Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard

(frères Cogniard) with music by Auguste Pilati[8]

Princess Désirée Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin Sarah not mentioned in the first cast.[9]
1866 Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard Marivaux Silvia Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris
1866 Phèdre Racine Aricie Théâtre de l'Odéon
1867 Les Femmes Savantes Molière Armande Théâtre de l'Odéon Same play, other role, other theatre 7 years later
1867 Aux Arrêts Edmond de Boissière Amélie Théâtre de l'Odéon 1867, 27 February[10]
1867 Britannicus Racine Albine Théâtre de l'Odéon
Junie
1867 Le Malade Imaginaire Molière Angélique Théâtre de l'Odéon
1867 Le Legs

(The Legacy)

(fr)

Marivaux Hortense Théâtre de l'Odéon
1867 Athalie Racine Zarcharie Théâtre de l'Odéon male role
1867 Le Testament de César Girodot Alexandre Belot and Edmond Villetard Hortense Théâtre de l'Odéon
1867 Le Marquis de Villemer George Sand Baronne d'Arglade Théâtre de l'Odéon
1867
François le Champi
 		George Sand Mariette Théâtre de l'Odéon
1868 Kean, ou Désordre et génie Alexander Dumas père, Théaulon de Lambert and Frédéric de Courcy Anna Damby Théâtre de l'Odéon 1868, 17 February[11]
1868 Le Roi Lear

(King Lear)

Shakespeare Cordelia Théâtre de l'Odéon 1868, 6 April[12]
1867 Le Drame de la Rue de la Paix Adolphe Belot Julia Vidal Théâtre de l'Odéon 1868, 5 November[13]
1868 La Loterie du Marriage Jules Barbier Laure Dufour Théâtre de l'Odéon premiere
1869 La Gloire de Molière Théodore de Banville Théâtre de l'Odéon
1869 Le Passant François Coppée Zanetto Théâtre de l'Odéon Premiere

1869, 14 January[14] male role

1869 Le Bâtard Alfred Touroude Jeanne Théâtre de l'Odéon Premiere

1869, 18 September[15]

1870 L'Affranchi Latour de Saint-Ybars Bérénice Théâtre de l'Odéon premiere
1870 L'Autre George Sand Hélène de Mérangis Théâtre de l'Odéon Premiere

1870, 25 February[16]

1871 Jean-Marie André Theuriet Thérése Théâtre de l'Odéon premiere
1871 Fais ce que dois François Coppée Marthe Théâtre de l'Odéon 1871, 21 October[17]
1871 La Baronne Édouard Foussier and Charles Edmond Geneviève Théâtre de l'Odéon 1871, 23 November[18]
1871 L’Article 47 Adolphe Belot Cora Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique 1871, 20 October[19]
1872 Mademoiselle Aïssé Louis Bouilhet title role Théâtre de l'Odéon premiere
1872 Ruy Blas Victor Hugo La reine

(Doña Maria de Neubourg, Queen of Spain)

Théâtre de l'Odéon 1872, 24 February[20]
1872
Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle
 		Alexander Dumas pere Gabrielle de Belle-Isle Comédie-Française Premiere

1872, 6 November[21]

1872 Le Cid Corneille Chimène
1872 Britannicus Racine Junie Comédie-Française Same play and role 5 years later in other theatre.

1872, 14 December[22]

1873 Le Mariage de Figaro Beaumarchais Chérubin Comédie-Française 1873, 30 January[23]

Male role

1873 Mademoiselle de la Seiglière

(fr)

Jules Sandeau Hélène Comédie-Française
1873 Dalila Octave Feuillet Leonora, Princess Falconieri Comédie-Française 1873, 28 March[24]
1873 L'Absent Eugène Manuel Mistress Douglas Comédie-Française premiere
1873 Chez l'Avocat Paul Ferrier Marthe Comédie-Française premiere
1873 Andromaque Racine Comédie-Française
1874 Le Péril dan la Demeure Octave Feuillet Caroline de la Roseraie Comédie-Française
1874 Le Sphinx Octave Feuillet Berthe de Savigny Comédie-Française Premiere

1874, 23 March[25]

1874 La Belle Paule Louis Denayrousse Henri de Ligniville Comédie-Française premiere

male role

1874 Zaire Voltaire Zaire Comédie-Française 1874, 6 August[26]
1874 Phèdre Racine Aricie Comédie-Française Same play and role in other theatre 6 years later.
title role Same play but main role. 1874, 21 December[27]
1875 La Fille de Roland Henri de Bornier Berthe Comédie-Française 1875, 15 February[28]
1875 Gabrielle Emile Augier title role Comédie-Française May[29]
1875 L'Oiseau bleu Pierre Elzéar Jeanne Hôtel de Luynes 1875, 20 May[30]
1876 L'Étrangère Alexandre Dumas fils Mistress Clarkson Comédie-Française 1876, 14 February[31]
1876 La Nuit de Mai Alfred de Musset Muse
1876 Rome vaincue Alexandre Parodi Posthumia Comédie-Française premiere

1876, 27 September[32]

1877 Hernani Victor Hugo Doña Sol Comédie-Française 1877, 21 November[33]
1878 Othello Shakespeare Desdemona
1878 Amphytrion Molière Alcméne Comédie-Française
1879 Mithridate Racine Monime
1879 Ruy Blas Victor Hugo La reine

(Doña Maria de Neubourg, Queen of Spain)

Comédie-Française Same role 7 years later in other theatre.

1879, 4 April[34]

1880 L'Aventurière Emile Augier Dona Clorinde
1880 Le Sphinx Octave Feuillet Blanche de Chelles Same play 6 years later but other role.
1880 Adrienne Lecouvreur Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé title role In USA: November 8, 1880, Booth's Theatre (NY)[35]
1880 Froufrou Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Gilberte
1880 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier
1881 La Princesse Georges Alexandre Dumas fils Sévérine
1882 Les Faux Ménages Édouard Pailleron Esther Lyon
1882 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre de la Gaîté (Paris) Same role 2 years later.

1882, 26 May[36]

1882 Fédora Victorien Sardou Fedora Romazoff Vaudeville, Paris Premiere

1882, 12 December[37]

1883 Pierrot Assassin Jean Richepin Pierrot Palais du Trocadéro, Paris 1883, 28 April[38]

male role

1883 Froufrou Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Gilberte Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin Same play and role 3 years later.

1883, 17 September[39]

1883 Nana-Sahib Jean Richepin Djamma Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin Premiere

1883, 20 December[40]

1884 Macbeth Shakespeare, adaptation by Jean Richepin Lady Macbeth Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin 1884, 21 May[41]
1884 Théodora Victorien Sardou title role Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin Premiere

1884, 26 December[42]

1885 Marion De Lorme Victor Hugo title role Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin 1885, 30 December[43]
1886 La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark Shakespeare Ophelia Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin
1886 La Maitre des Forges Georges Ohnet Claire de Beaulieu premiere

one act

1886 L'Aveu Sarah Bernhardt Comtesse Marthe de Rocca
1887 La Tosca Victorien Sardou Floria Tosca Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1887, 3 March[44]

Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin 1887, 24 November[44]
1888 Francillon Alexandre Dumas, fils Francine de Riverolles Lyceum, London
1889 Léna Pierre Berton &

F. C. Philipps

Léna Despart Théâtres des Variétés, Paris Premiere

1889, 16 April[45]

1890 Jeanne d'Arc Jules Barbier, incidental music by Charles Gounod
title role
 Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin 1890, 3 January[46]
1890 Cléopâtre Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau title role Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin Premiere

1890, 23 October[47]

1890 La Passion Edmond Haraucourt,

music by J.S. Bach

Cirque d'Hiver, Paris
1891 Gringoie Théodore de Banville title role
1891 La Dame de Chalant Giuseppe Giacosa la Comtesse Cincinnati 1891, 16 October[48]
1891 La Fille à Blanchard Albert Darmont and Alfred Humblot Pauline Sydney (Australia) 1891, 25 July[49]
1892 Léah[50][51] Albert Darmont title role Boston 1892, 8 January[52]
1892 On ne badine pas avec l'amour

(fr)

Alfred de Musset Camille New York
1892 Pauline Blanchard Albert Darmont &

Alfred Humbolt

title role The Royal English Opera house, London Year before as "La Fille à Blanchard".

1892, 16 June

CANCELED 1892 Salome Oscar Wilde title role The Royal English Opera house, London CANCELED
1893 Les Rois Jules Lemaitre Princess Wilhelmine Théâtre de la Renaissance 1893, 6 November[53]
1893 Phèdre Racine title role Théâtre de la Renaissance Same role in other theatre 19 years later.

1893, 19 November[54]

1894 Izéyl Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand title role Théâtre de la Renaissance premiere

1894, 24 January[55] In USA: 1896[56]

1894 Fédora Victorien Sardou Fedora Romazoff Théâtre de la Renaissance Same play and role 12 years later in other theatre.

1894, 3 April[57]

1894 Jean-Marie André Theuriet Thérése Théâtre de la Renaissance Same play and role 23 years later in other theatre.

1894, 9 Juny[58]

1894 La Femme de Claude Alexandre Dumas fils Césarine Théâtre de la Renaissance
1894 Gismonda Victorien Sardou Gismonda, duchesse d'Athène Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1894, 31 October[59]

1895 Magda Hermann Sudermann title role Théâtre de la Renaissance
1895
La Princesse Lointaine
 		Edmond Rostand Mélissinde, princesse d'Orient, comtesse de Tripoli Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1895, 5 April[60]

1896 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre de la Renaissance Same role 14 years later in other theatre.

1896, 30 September[61]

1896 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset title role Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1896, 30 December[62] male role

1897 Spiritisme Victorien Sardou Simone Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1897, 8 February[63]

1897 La Samaritaine

(fr)

Edmond Rostand Photine Théâtre de la Renaissance 1897, 14 April[64]
1897 Les Mauvais Bergers Octave Mirbeau Madeleine Théâtre de la Renaissance
1898 La Ville Morte

(it)

Gabriele d'Annunzio Anne Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1898, 21 January[65]

1898 Lysiane Romain Coolus Lysiane de La Lauraye Théâtre de la Renaissance Premiere

1898, 20 April[66]

1898 Médée Catulle Mendès title role Théâtre de la Renaissance 1898, 28 October[67]
1898 Phèdre Racine title role Théâtre de la Renaissance Reprise 5 years later.

1898, 20 November[68]

1899 Dalila Octave Feuillet Leonora, Princess Falconieri Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris Same play and rol2 26 years later in own theatre.

1899, 8 March[69]

1899 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same role 3 years later in own theatre.

1899, 9 April[70]

1899 La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark Shakespeare,

adapted by Marcel Schwob and Eugene Morand

title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play 13 years later, other role.

Male role In USA: 1900[71] Filmed scenes: Hamlet (1900).

1899 La Tosca Victorien Sardou Floria Tosca Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play and role 12 years later in own theatre.

1899, 21 January[44]

1900 L'Aiglon Edmond Rostand Duc de Reichstadt Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere

1900, 15 March[72] Male role

In USA: 1900, November 26[73]

1900 L'Etincelle Édouard Pailleron Léonie de Rénat Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1900 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Roxane New York Nov 26, 1900, Garden Theatre[74]
1901 La Pluie et le beau Temps Léon Gozlan Baroness
1901 Les Precieuses Ridicules Moliere Madelon
1902 Théodora Victorien Sardou title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same role 18 years later in own theatre.

1902, 7 January[42]

1902 Phèdre Racine title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same role 4 years later in own theatre.

1902, 6 February[54]

1902 Magda Hermann Sudermann title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same role 7 years later in own theatre.

1902, 20 February[75]

1902 Jean-Marie André Theuriet Thérése Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.

1902, 6 March[58]

1902 La Samaritaine Edmond Rostand Photine Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play and role 5 years later in own theatre.

1902, 20 March[64]

1902 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 3 years later.

1902, 7 June[70]

1902 Francesca da Rimini Francis Marion Crawford, trad. by Marcel Schwob title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1902, 22 April[76]
1902 Sapho Alphonse Daudet Fanny Legrand
1902 Théroigne de Méricourt

(fr)

Paul Hervieu
title role
 Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1902, 23 December[77]
1902 Fédora Victorien Sardou Fedora Romazoff Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.

1902, 19 November[57]

1903 Andromaque Racine role of Hermione, then the role of Andromaque Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play 30 years later.

1903, 7 February[78]

1903 La Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 1 year later.

1903, 10 February.[70] Filmed in 1911.

1903 La Samaritaine Edmond Rostand Photine Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 1 year later.

1903, 25 February[64]

1903 Circé Charles Richet, music by Raoul Brunel title role Monte-Carlo
1903 Bohèmos Miguel Zamacoïs Monte-Carlo
1903 Werther Goethe, adaptation by Pierre Decourcelle title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere

1903, 6 March[79] Male role

1903 Plus que Reine Emile de Bergerat Joséphine de Beauharnais Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1903 La Légende du Coeur Jean Aicard Cabestaing, troubadour Théâtre antigue d'Orange 1903, 13 July[80]

Male role

1903 Jeanne Wedekind Félix Philippi, adaptation by Luigi Krauss title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere

1903, 5 November[81]

1903 La Tosca Victorien Sardou Floria Tosca Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 4 years later. 1903, 11 November[44]Filmed in 1908.
1903 La Sorcière Victorien Sardou Zoraya Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere

1903, 15 December[82]

1904 Le Festin de la Mort Antoine de Castellane Mme. Maujourdain Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere

1904, 14 January[83]

1904 Varennes Henri Lavedan and Georges LeNôtre Marie Antoinette Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere
1905 Angelo, tyran de Padoue Victor Hugo La Tisbé Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1905, 7 February[84]
1905 Esther Racine Le roi Assuérus Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1905, 8 April[85]

male role

1905 Pelléas et Mélisande Maurice Maeterlinck Pelléas Vaudeville Theatre (London) 1902, 2 July[86]

male role

1905 Adrienne Lecouvreur Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt title role Same play 25 years later, with new version of text made by Sarah herself
1906 La Vierge d'Avila Catulle Mendès soeur Theresa Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1906, 10 November[87]
1907 Les Bouffons Miguel Zamacoïs René dit Jacasse Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1907, January 25[88]

Male role

1907 Adrienne Lecouvreur Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 2 years later.

1907, 7 April[89] Filmed in 1912

1907 Le Vert-Galant Émile Moreau La Reine Margot Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1907 Le Réveil

(fr)

Paul Hervieu Thérèze de Mégée Théâtre - Français, London
1907 La Belle au Bois Dormant Jean Richepin and Henri Cain Le poète Landry, le prince Landry (Prince Charmant) Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1907, 24 December[90]

Male role

1908 Le Courtisane de Corinthe Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré Cléonice Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere

1908, 8 April[91]

1908 La Passé Georges de Porto-Riche Dominique Brienne Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1909 La Nuit de Mai Alfred de Musset Poet Comédie Française Same play 33 year later, but other role.

1909, 5 May[92] Male role

1909 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand title role (scenes from)

Same play 9 years later but other role.

Male role

1909 La Fille de Rubenstein (??) Remon (??) Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1909 Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc Émile Moreau Jeanne d'Arc Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt premiere

1909, 25 November[93]

In USA: 1910[94]

1909 La Tosca Victorien Sardou Floria Tosca Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Reprise 6 years later.

1909, 8 May[44]

1910 La Beffa Book by Sem Benelli; adapted by Jean Richepin Gianetto Malespini Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1910, 2 March[95]

Male role In USA: December 1910[96]

1910 La Femme X Alexandre Bisson Jacqueline Fleuriot Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt In USA: December 1910[97]
1910 Judas John Wesley De Kay title role The Globe Theatre, New York Male role

Premiere in USA: Dec 24, 1910[98]

? Soeur Béatrice

(Sister Beatrice)

Maurice Maeterlinck In USA: 1911[99]
1911 Lucrèce Borgia Victor Hugo title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1911, 23 November[100]
1911 Tartuffe Molière Dorine Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
1912 La Reine Elizabeth Emlie Moreau title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere.

1912, 11 April[101] Filmed: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)

1912 Une nuit de Noel sous la Terreur Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain Marion Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere

1912, 21 November[102]

1912 La Dame aux camélias Alexandre Dumas fils Marguerite Gautier Théâtre Nouveau de Belleville (Paris) Reprise 9 years later.

1912, 11 September[103]

1913 Jeanne Doré

(fr)

Tristan Bernard title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere

1913, 16 December[104] Filmed in 1916

1914 Tout à coup Paul de Cassagnac and Guy de Cassagnac La Marquise de Chalonne Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere

1914, 15 April[105]

1915 Les Cathédrales Eugène Morand La Cathédrale de Strasbourg Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt one act - premiere

1915, 7 November[106]

1916 La Mort de Cléopâtre Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain Cléopâtre one act - premiere

In USA: 1917[107]

1916 L'Holocauste Sarah Bernhardt Duchesse one act - premiere
1916 Du théâtre au Champ d'Honneur Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain soldier Marc Bertrand Male role

In USA: 1917[108]

1916 Vitrail René Fauchois Violaine L'Alhambra (Paris) one act

1914, 4 March[109] In USA: 1917[110]

1916 Hécube Maurice Bernhardt and Rene Clarance title role one act

In USA: 1917[111]

1916 Le Faux Modèle Edouard Daurelly Madeleine one act

In USA: 1917[112]

1916 Le Marchand de Venise

(The Merchant of Venice)

Shakespeare Portia excerpts from play

In USA: "Shylock" (scenes) in 1917[113]

1916 L'Etoile dans la nuit Henri Cain Jane de Mauduit one act
1916 Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth Émile Moreau Queen Elizabeth
? Cendres D'Opium Jean De Le Traz In USA: 1917[114]
? La Chance du Mari Gaston Armand De Caillavet and Robert de Flers   In USA: 1917[115]
? Rosalie Max Maurey In USA: 1917[116]
? La Paix Chez Soi

(fr)

Georges Courteline In USA: 1917[117]
? L'Anglais tel Qu'on le Parle

(fr)

Tristan Bernard In USA: 1917[118]
1920 Rossini René Fauchois Anna, la mère du compositeur

(Rossini's mother)

Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon 1920, 27 January
1920 Athalie Racine title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Same play 53 years later, other role.

1920, 1 April[119]

1920 Daniel Louis Vernouil Daniel Arnaud Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Premiere.

1910, 10 November[120] Filmed in 1921

1920 Comment on écrit l'Histoire[121] Sacha Guitry Mariette Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt one act-premiere

1920? December 4[121]

1921 La Gloire Maurice Rostand title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt one act-premiere

1921, October 19[122][123]

1921 Régine Armand[124] Louis Vernouil title role Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt 1921, April 20[124]
1922 La Mort de Molière, poème dramatique en un acte par Maurice Rostand, représenté au Théatre Sarah Bernhardt a l'occasion du tricentenaire de Molière[125] Maurice Rostand La Douleur[126] Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in January of February[125]

one act

Filmography

Bernhardt in the 1911 film adaptation of La Dame aux Camélias
Scene from Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)
Advertisement for the 1917 U.S. release of Mothers of France
  • 1900: Le Duel d'Hamlet (Hamlet, as Hamlet) An excerpt from the play, featuring Bernhardt in a duel to the death with Laertes.
  • 1908: La Tosca (Tosca, as Tosca) A one-reel condensation of the play by the same name by Victorien Sardou.
  • 1911: La Dame aux Camélias (Lady of the Camelias – Camille, in the U.S. release, as Camille) A two-reel condensation of the play by the same name, and co-starring Lou Tellegen.
  • 1912: Adrienne Lecouvreur (An Actress's Romance; as Adrienne Lecouvreur) A two-reel condensation of the play by the same name. Co-starring Lou Tellegen.
  • 1912: Les Amours d'Elisabeth, Reine d'Angleterre (Queen Elizabeth; a major success) A four-reel condensation of the play of the same name. Co-starring Lou Tellegen.
  • 1912: Sarah Bernhardt à Belle-Isle (Sarah Bernhardt at Home, as herself) This documentary features Sarah at home with her family and friends, fishing for shrimp, and cuddling indoors with her pet dogs.
  • 1915: Ceux de Chez Nous (Those at Home: biographical, home movies) By Sacha Guitry; among other celebrated persons of the era, there is a brief scene featuring Sarah sitting on a park bench with Sacha, and reading from a poem given to her by her granddaughter Lysiane.
  • 1916: Jeanne Doré (as Jeanne Doré). Based on a play of the same name. Bernhardt appears as a widowed mother, who lavishes attention on her son, Jacques. When he is seduced by a
    temptress
    and accidentally murders a man, she visits him in his cell on the night before his execution, pretending to be his fiancée.
  • 1917: Mères Françaises (Mothers of France), as Madame Jeanne D'Urbex, a war widow in World War I. When she learns that her son has also been wounded, she searches the battlefields, crawls through trenches, and finally reaches him at a medical station only to have him die in her arms. After this tragedy, she dedicates her life to helping others survive the ravages of war.[127]
  • 1921: Daniel (Pathé promotional film of the death scene from the play of the same name) Bernhardt appears as a morphine addict in the hour before death.
  • 1923: La Voyante (The Fortune Teller) Bernhardt appears as a
    clairvoyant, who makes predictions that influence the outcome of national events. This film was Bernhardt's final performance, and was made while she was mortally ill. It was eventually completed with scenes made with Jeanne Brindeau
    , standing in for Bernhardt's character with her back turned to the camera.

References

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  2. ^ Tierchant 2009, pp. 374–378.
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  7. ^ "Un mari qui lance sa femme". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1864-04-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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  12. ^ "Le Roi Lear". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1868-04-06. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  13. ^ "Le Drame de la rue de la Paix". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1868-11-05. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  14. ^ "Le Passant". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1869-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  15. ^ "Le Bâtard". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1869-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  16. ^ "L'Autre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1870-02-25. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  17. ^ "Fais ce que dois". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1871-10-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  18. ^ Foussier, Édouard; Chojecki, Charles-Edmond (1871). Édouard Foussier et Charles Edmond (Chojecki). La Baronne, drame en 4 actes, en prose. [Paris, Odéon, 23 novembre 1871.]. Paris: A. Lemerre.
  19. ^ "L'Article 47". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1871-10-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  20. ^ "Ruy Blas". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1872-02-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  21. ^ "Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1872-11-06. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  22. ^ "Britannicus". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1872-12-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  23. ^ "Le Mariage de Figaro". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1873-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  24. ^ "Dalila". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1873-03-28. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  25. ^ "Le Sphinx". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1874-03-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  26. ^ "Zaïre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1874-08-06. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  27. ^ "Phèdre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1874-12-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  28. ^ "La Fille de Roland". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1875-02-15. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  29. ^ "Gabrielle". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). May 1869. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  30. ^ "L'Oiseau bleu". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1875-05-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  31. ^ "L'Étrangère". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1876-02-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  32. ^ "Rome vaincue". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1876-09-27. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  33. ^ "Hernani". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1877-11-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  34. ^ "Ruy Blas". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1879-04-04. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  35. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/adrienne-lecouveur-6521
  36. ^ "La Dame aux camélias". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1882-05-26. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  37. ^ "Fedora". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1882-12-12. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  38. ^ "Pierrot assassin". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1883-04-28. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  39. ^ "Froufrou". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1883-09-17. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  40. ^ "Nana-Sahib". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1883-12-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  41. ^ "Macbeth". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1884-05-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  42. ^ a b "Théodora". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1884-12-26. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  43. ^ "Marion de Lorme". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1885-12-30. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  44. ^ a b c d e "La Tosca". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1887-11-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  45. ^ "Léna". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1889-04-16. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  46. ^ "Jeanne d'Arc". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1890-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  47. ^ "Cléopâtre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1890-10-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  48. ^ "La Dame de Challant". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1891-10-16. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  49. ^ "La Fille à Blanchard". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1891-07-25. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  50. ^ Originally S. H. Mosenthal's German drama "Deborah" (1849); than adapted by Augustus Daly into English as "Leah, the Foresaken", then made into French as a Bernhardt vehicle by Albert Darmont.
  51. JSTOR 777746
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  52. ^ "Léah". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1892-01-08. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  53. ^ "Les Rois". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1893-11-06. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  54. ^ a b "Phèdre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1893-11-19. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  55. ^ "Izeyl". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1894-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  56. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/izeyl-406225
  57. ^ a b "Fedora". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1894-04-03. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  58. ^ a b "Jean-Marie". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1894-06-09. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  59. ^ "Gismonda". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1894-10-31. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  60. ^ "La Princesse lointaine". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1895-04-05. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  61. ^ "La Dame aux camélias". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1896-09-30. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  62. ^ "Lorenzaccio". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1896-12-03. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  63. ^ "Spiritisme". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1897-02-08. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  64. ^ a b c "La Samaritaine". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1897-04-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  65. ^ "La Ville morte". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1898-01-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  66. ^ "Lysiane". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1898-04-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  67. ^ "Médée". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1898-10-28. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  68. ^ "Phèdre". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1898-11-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  69. ^ "Dalila". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1899-03-08. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  70. ^ a b c "La Dame aux camélias". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1899-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  71. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hamlet-5413
  72. ^ "L'Aiglon". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1900-03-15. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  73. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/laiglon-5412
  74. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cyrano-de-bergerac-5414
  75. ^ "Magda". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1902-02-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  76. ^ "Francesca da Rimini". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1902-04-22. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  77. ^ "Théroigne de Méricourt". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1902-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  78. ^ "Andromaque". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1903-02-07. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  79. ^ "Werther". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1903-03-06. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  80. ^ "La Légende du cœur". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1903-07-13. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  81. ^ "Jeanne Vedekind". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1903-11-05. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  82. ^ "La Sorcière". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1903-12-15. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  83. ^ "Le Festin de la mort". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1904-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  84. ^ "Angelo, tyran de Padoue". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1905-02-07. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  85. ^ "Esther". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1905-04-08. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  86. ^ "Pelléas et Mélisande". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1904-07-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  87. ^ "La Vierge d'Avila". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1906-11-10. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  88. ^ "Les Bouffons". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1907-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  89. ^ "Adrienne Lecouvreur". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1907-04-03. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  90. ^ "La Belle au bois dormant". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1907-12-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  91. ^ "La Courtisane de Corinthe". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1908-04-08. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  92. ^ "Nuit de mai". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1909-05-05. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  93. ^ "Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1909-11-25. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  94. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/le-proces-de-jeanne-darc-7228
  95. ^ "La Beffa". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1910-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  96. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-beffa-7234
  97. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-femme-x-7232
  98. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/judas-7237
  99. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/jean-marie--sister-beatrice-5121
  100. ^ "Lucrèce Borgia". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1911-11-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  101. ^ "La Reine Élisabeth". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1912-04-11. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  102. ^ "Une nuit de Noël sous la terreur". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1912-11-21. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  103. ^ "La Dame aux camélias". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1912-09-11. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  104. ^ "Jeanne Doré". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1913-12-16. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  105. ^ "Tout à coup". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1914-04-15. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  106. ^ "Les Cathédrales". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1915-11-07. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  107. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-mort-de-cleopatre-8567
  108. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/du-theatre-au-champ-dhonneur-6939
  109. ^ "Vitrail". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1916-03-04. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  110. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/le-vitrail-6943
  111. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hecube-6944
  112. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-faux-modele-6948
  113. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/shylock-6949
  114. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/cendres-dopium-6940
  115. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/la-chance-du-mari-5127
  116. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/rosalie-6945
  117. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-paix-chez-soi-8569
  118. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/langlais-tel-quon-le-parle-6947
  119. ^ "Athalie". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1920-04-01. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  120. ^ "Daniel". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1920-11-10. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  121. ^ a b "ECMF (1918-1944) - "Mariette ou Comment on écrit l'histoire", comédie musicale en 4 actes".
  122. ^ La gloire. Pièce en trois actes, en vers, représentée pour la première fois, au Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, le 19 octobre 1921 - Maurice Rostand.
  123. ^ "La Gloire". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1921-10-19. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  124. ^
    ISBN 978-2-84867-690-6
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  125. ^ a b https://www.le-livre.fr/journaux-revues/fiche-ro10011702.html
  126. ^ "La Mort de Molière". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  127. ^ "Sarah Bernhardt in Real War Film; "Mothers of France" from Scenario of Jean Richepin Moves Rialto Audience". The New York Times. March 12, 1917. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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