Entertainment & Arts
The world-famous actress is the subject of an exhibition that makes the point that, for this pioneer in the cult of celebrity, ‘too much was always just enough.’
Dec. 4, 2005
Books
The daughter of a courtesan, Bernhardt became known as the Divine Sarah and First Lady of the Theater.
July 3, 1988
May 19, 1906: Sarah Bernhardt, the great French actress, concluded her Southern California tour, performing “La Tosca” at the Venice Auditorium.
May 19, 2006
Divine Sarah A Novel Adam Braver William Morrow: 216 pp., $23.95
July 18, 2004
Obituaries
Newspapers Are in Mourning, As Greatest Writers of France Pay Last Respects
March 28, 1923
THE DIVINE SARAH: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt by Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale (Vintage: $17; 353 pp.).
May 16, 1993
What was Sarah Bernhardt like in performance?
June 13, 1989
Aug. 1, 2017
Is it possible for a play with only two actors to seem cluttered?
April 1, 2002
Plus ‘Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps’ and ‘Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt’
Sept. 5, 2010