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Disappeared a hundred years ago, on March 26, 1923, Sarah Bernhardt, the «great Sarah», remains forever the fascinating actress of French theater of her time.
«Legendary and modern» icon thus admired by her friend the writer Edmond Rostand, Sarah Bernhardt was the first star in history.With nearly 400 works, the exhibition traces his life and career from her youthful years in Second Empire Paris to her international glory in the 1920s.
A free, eccentric woman, committed citizen and actress of unparalleled talent, the one Jean Cocteau called the «Sacred Monster» was celebrated by all her contemporaries, from Victor Hugo to Marcel Proust.
Félix Tournachon said Nadar, Sarah Bernhardt draped in white, 1859, albumen print,
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