Wickham, Anna et al. “Fragment of an Autobiography: Prelude to a Spring Clean”. The Writings of Anna Wickham Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, pp. 51-157.
132
Sarah Bernhardt
Standard Name: Bernhardt, Sarah
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Anna Wickham | Aiming to make a career like Bernhardt
, Hepburn, James et al. “Anna Wickham: A Memoir”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, pp. 1-48. 13-4 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Nina Hamnett | NH
had her first romantic relationship at the London School of Art
, with another student known among her circle as The Genius. He specialized in painting souls in torture. Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. 26 |
| Fictionalization | Natalie Clifford Barney | NCB
has been a magnet for biographers (recently as the subject with Romaine Brooks
of Diana Souhami
's Wild Girls in 2004 and as a minor character in Joan Schenkar
's Truly Wilde: the Unsettling... |
| Friends, Associates | John Strange Winter | JSW
had an extensive social circle in London—her biographer, Oliver Bainbridge
, notes that a number of social claims were made upon her by reason of her popularity, and that these were always in advance... |
| Friends, Associates | Emily Faithfull | EF
's circle of literary friends included Oliver Wendell Holmes
, Joaquin Miller
, James Russell Lowell
, and Walt Whitman
. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 183 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Augusta Ward | Despite her wide reading, excellent education for a woman, and Oxford connections, MAWs' trip to Paris in 1874 opened her eyes intellectually. It brought her into contact with Ernest Renan
, Madame Mohl
, Hippolyte Taine |
| Textual Features | Pam Gems | The play opens in Hollywood, with Mrs Patrick Campbell
regaling a new, American generation with her memories. It centres on her relationship with George Bernard Shaw
, but her life and career are also... |
| Textual Features | Natalie Clifford Barney | This volume announced the sapphic theme which became central to NCB
's work. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Textual Features | Margaret Forster | This leisurely novel centres on the relation of the present to the past, on ancestors (particularly grandmothers), and on the never-satisfied desire to know our origins. Isamay seems naive and immature: her somewhat desultory research... |
| Textual Production | Oscar Wilde | Rehearsals had begun with famed actress Sarah Bernhardt
in the title role. OW
may or may not have written the part with her in mind. In 1893 the French text was published at Paris and... |
| Textual Production | Frances Sarah Hoey | The letters were lengthy, running between 3,000 and 5,000 words, and covered diverse topics including politics, society and fashion, and particularly contemporary literature and drama. FSH
is enthusiastic about Sir Henry Irving
, but describes... |
Timeline
December 1874: French actress Sarah Bernhardt was in the...
Building item
December 1874
French actress Sarah Bernhardt
was in the first full tide of her success
Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
157
Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
157
1879: Sarah Bernhardt appeared at the Gaiety Theatre.mkb:...
Building item
1879
Sarah Bernhardt
appeared at the Gaiety Theatre
.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
chronology
1882: Victorien Sardou's French play Fedora popularized...
Building item
1882
Victorien Sardou
's French play Fedora popularized the felt fedora.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
321
February 1891: Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein founded...
Building item
February 1891
Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein
founded the Independent Theatre Society
in London to promote literary rather than commercial plays, and the new drama in particular.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
318
McDonald, Jan. The ’New Drama’ 1900-1914. Grove Press, 1986.
1-2
May 1912: A group of women singers including Sarah...
Building item
May 1912
A group of women singers including Sarah Bernhardt
, Mrs Patrick Campbell
, Clara Butt
, and Anna Pavlova
rallied together for a single performance in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund at Covent Garden.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
108
By 28 November 1934: The young Flora Robson, in A Letter to a...
Building item
By 28 November 1934
The young Flora Robson
, in A Letter to a Young Actress, contributed as a preface to Ladies Only by Muriel
and Sydney Box
, provided a fascinating account of women's part in amateur...
October 1972: A gala performance was held at the Haymarket...
Building item
October 1972
A gala performance was held at the Haymarket Theatre
, featuring all the leading lights of the British stage, to celebrate Dame Sybil Thorndike
's ninetieth birthday.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
234
Texts
No bibliographical results available.