21 January – Actress
Sarah Bernhardt, having taken over management of the Paris theatre which she renames the
Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, opens in the title rôle of
Victorien Sardou's La Tosca. On 20 May she premières a French adaptation of
Shakespeare's Hamlet with herself in the title rôle, one of the first successful female actresses to tackle a male part.
21 January – Actress
Sarah Bernhardt, having taken over management of the Paris theatre which she renames the
Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, opens in the title rôle of
Victorien Sardou's La Tosca. On 20 May she premières a French adaptation of
Shakespeare's Hamlet with herself in the title rôle, one of the first successful female actresses to tackle a male part.