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DMF KeyNotes – Sarah Bernhardt Video Transcript

 

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This week features 

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Sarah Berhardt, born 1844 to 1923

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She was a world-renowned stage actress who became an amputee later in life.


Bernhardt was recognized for being an expressive actress with a wide emotional range and a unique voice known as the “golden voice."

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She invented herself as a public icon, passionate about her craft and reputation.

[Image – Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, dressed in a regal costume surrounded by other actors dressed in regal costumes.]


In 1899, she was cast as the first woman to perform the leading male role in Hamlet.

[Image – Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, holding and looking down at a skull.]


Her legacy includes several other leading male roles over the course of her career.

[Image - Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, in a white pants-suit, standing in front of a painting.]


In 1906, the pink peony was renamed in her honor and is still referred to as the Bernhardt today.

[Image - Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, smelling a peony flower.]


At the age of nine she adopted her motto 'Quand Meme,' which loosely translates to 'Against all odds,' truly representing her life.


At the age of 70, gangrene set in after a knee injury and her right leg was amputated almost up to her hip.


Undaunted by her leg loss, Bernhardt insisted on visiting soldiers on the front lines during WWI.

[Images (2) – Left: Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt (center), accompanied by two women on a field, behind the lines on the Western Front. Right: Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, standing in dressing room and leaning on a cane.]


She also continued to perform on stage. Scenes were arranged so that she could be seated or supported by a prop.


During her lifetime, she played over 70 roles in 125 productions in Europe, the U.S., Canada, South America, Australia and the Middle East.


She managed several theaters in Paris until her death in 1923, including the Theatre de la Ville.

[Image - Black & White Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, wearing a regal costume and sitting in a golden chair/throne.]


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"Legend remains victorious in spite of history."

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Thank you, Sarah Bernhardt!

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You can thank her too by sharing her incredible story today!

 

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Photo Credits (in order):

  • 4th Slide - Sketch of Sarah Bernhardt: The Hampton Booth Theatre Library of The Players Foundation for Theatre Education

  • 5th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: WikiCommons

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt (Left): U.S. Library of Congress

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt (Right): Harvard Theatre Education

  • 8th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: Paramount Pictures

  • 9th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: U.S. Library of Congress

  • 10th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: Melandri

  • 11th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: Victorian Paris

  • 14th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt (Left): Footlight Notes

  • 14th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt (Right): Temple University

  • 17th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: History Today

  • 18th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: Wikimedia Commons

  • 19th Slide - Photo of Sarah Bernhardt: Getty Images

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