This is a list of the notable roles played by the French actress Sarah Bernhardt, including both stage roles and early motion pictures, [1] [2] with the year of the first performance. [3] [4] Roles first performed by Bernhardt are noted as premieres.
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1858 | Tobias Regains His Sight | Mère Sainte-Thérèse | The angel Raphael | Convent at Grand-champs, Versailles | Performed in honour of the archbishop of Paris on his visit to the convent where Sarah was a pupil. | |
1861 | Les Enfants d'Edouard | Casimir Delavigne | Edouard V | Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris | male role | |
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1861 | Les Premières Armes de Richelieu | Jean-François Bayard / Dumanoir | Richelieu | Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris | male role |
1862 | Iphigénie | Racine | title role | Comédie Française | ||
1862 | Valérie | Eugene Scribe / Mélesville | title role | Comédie Française | ||
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1862 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Henriette | Comédie Française | |
1862 | L'Etourdi | Molière | Hippolyte | Comédie Française | ||
1863 | Le Père de la Debutante | Emmanuel Théaulon and Jean-François Bayard | Anita | Gymnase | 1863, 23 June [5] | |
1863 | Le Démon du Jeu | Théodore Barrière and Henri Crisafulli | Amélie de Villefontaine | Gymnase | premiere
1863, 16 July [6] | |
1863 | Un Soufflet n'est Jamais Perdu | Jean-François Bayard | Jeannette | Gymnase | ||
1863 | La Maison sans Enfants | Dumanoir | Madame de Rives | Gymnase | ||
1863 | L'Etourneau | Jean-François Bayard and Léon Laya | Anita | Gymnase | ||
1863 | Le Premier Pas
( fr) |
Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes | Clémence | Gymnase | ||
1864 | Un Mari qui Lance sa Femme
( fr) |
Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes | Princesse Douchinka,
later Mme Dieudonné |
Gymnase | 1864, 23 April [7] | |
1865 | La Biche aux Bois
( fr) |
Brothers Charles-Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard
(frères Cogniard) with music by Auguste Pilati [8] |
Princess Désirée | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Sarah not mentioned in the first cast. [9] | |
1866 | Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard | Marivaux | Silvia | Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris | ||
1866 | Phèdre | Racine | Aricie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Armande | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Same play, other role, other theatre 7 years later | |
1867 | Aux Arrêts | Edmond de Boissière | Amélie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1867, 27 February [10] | |
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1867 | Britannicus | Racine | Albine | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |
Junie | ||||||
1867 | Le Malade Imaginaire | Molière | Angélique | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Le Legs
(The Legacy) ( fr) |
Marivaux | Hortense | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Athalie | Racine | Zarcharie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | male role | |
1867 | Le Testament de César Girodot | Alexandre Belot and Edmond Villetard | Hortense | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Le Marquis de Villemer | George Sand | Baronne d'Arglade | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
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1867 | François le Champi | George Sand | Mariette | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |
1868 | Kean, ou Désordre et génie | Alexander Dumas père, Théaulon de Lambert and Frédéric de Courcy | Anna Damby | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 17 February [11] | |
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1868 | Le Roi Lear
( King Lear) |
Shakespeare | Cordelia | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 6 April [12] |
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1867 | Le Drame de la Rue de la Paix | Adolphe Belot | Julia Vidal | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 5 November [13] |
1868 | La Loterie du Marriage | Jules Barbier | Laure Dufour | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
1869 | La Gloire de Molière | Théodore de Banville | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |||
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1869 | Le Passant | François Coppée | Zanetto | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1869, 14 January [14] male role |
1869 | Le Bâtard | Alfred Touroude | Jeanne | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1869, 18 September [15] | |
1870 | L'Affranchi | Latour de Saint-Ybars | Bérénice | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
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1870 | L'Autre | George Sand | Hélène de Mérangis | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1870, 25 February [16] |
1871 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
1871 | Fais ce que dois | François Coppée | Marthe | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1871, 21 October [17] | |
1871 | La Baronne | Édouard Foussier and Charles Edmond | Geneviève | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1871, 23 November [18] | |
1871 | L’Article 47 | Adolphe Belot | Cora | Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique | 1871, 20 October [19] | |
1872 | Mademoiselle Aïssé | Louis Bouilhet | title role | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
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1872 | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | La reine | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1872, 24 February [20] |
1872 | Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle | Alexander Dumas pere | Gabrielle de Belle-Isle | Comédie-Française | Premiere
1872, 6 November [21] | |
1872 | Le Cid | Corneille | Chimène | |||
1872 | Britannicus | Racine | Junie | Comédie-Française | Same play and role 5 years later in other theatre.
1872, 14 December [22] | |
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1873 | Le Mariage de Figaro | Beaumarchais | Chérubin | Comédie-Française | 1873, 30 January
[23]
Male role |
1873 | Mademoiselle de la Seiglière
( fr) |
Jules Sandeau | Hélène | Comédie-Française | ||
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1873 | Dalila | Octave Feuillet | Leonora, Princess Falconieri | Comédie-Française | 1873, 28 March [24] |
1873 | L'Absent | Eugène Manuel | Mistress Douglas | Comédie-Française | premiere | |
1873 | Chez l'Avocat | Paul Ferrier | Marthe | Comédie-Française | premiere | |
1873 | Andromaque | Racine | Comédie-Française | |||
1874 | Le Péril dan la Demeure | Octave Feuillet | Caroline de la Roseraie | Comédie-Française | ||
1874 | Le Sphinx | Octave Feuillet | Berthe de Savigny | Comédie-Française | Premiere
1874, 23 March [25] | |
1874 | La Belle Paule | Louis Denayrousse | Henri de Ligniville | Comédie-Française | premiere
male role | |
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1874 | Zaire | Voltaire | Zaire | Comédie-Française | 1874, 6 August [26] |
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1874 | Phèdre | Racine | Aricie | Comédie-Française | Same play and role in other theatre 6 years later. |
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title role | Same play but main role. 1874, 21 December [27] | ||||
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1875 | La Fille de Roland | Henri de Bornier | Berthe | Comédie-Française | 1875, 15 February [28] |
1875 | Gabrielle | Emile Augier | title role | Comédie-Française | May [29] | |
1875 | L'Oiseau bleu | Pierre Elzéar | Jeanne | Hôtel de Luynes | 1875, 20 May [30] | |
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1876 | L'Étrangère | Alexandre Dumas fils | Mistress Clarkson | Comédie-Française | 1876, 14 February [31] |
1876 | La Nuit de Mai | Alfred de Musset | Muse | |||
1876 | Rome vaincue | Alexandre Parodi | Posthumia | Comédie-Française | premiere
1876, 27 September [32] | |
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1877 | Hernani | Victor Hugo | Doña Sol | Comédie-Française | 1877, 21 November [33] |
1878 | Othello | Shakespeare | Desdemona | |||
1878 | Amphytrion | Molière | Alcméne | Comédie-Française | ||
1879 | Mithridate | Racine | Monime | |||
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1879 | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | La reine | Comédie-Française | Same role 7 years later in other theatre.
1879, 4 April [34] |
1880 | L'Aventurière | Emile Augier | Dona Clorinde | |||
1880 | Le Sphinx | Octave Feuillet | Blanche de Chelles | Same play 6 years later but other role. | ||
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1880 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé | title role | In USA: November 8, 1880, Booth's Theatre (NY) [35] | |
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1880 | Froufrou | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Gilberte | ||
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1880 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | ||
1881 | La Princesse Georges | Alexandre Dumas fils | Sévérine | |||
1882 | Les Faux Ménages | Édouard Pailleron | Esther | Lyon | ||
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1882 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre de la Gaîté (Paris) | Same role 2 years later.
1882, 26 May [36] |
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1882 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Vaudeville, Paris | Premiere
1882, 12 December [37] |
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1883 | Pierrot Assassin | Jean Richepin | Pierrot | Palais du Trocadéro, Paris | 1883, 28 April
[38]
male role |
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1883 | Froufrou | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Gilberte | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Same play and role 3 years later.
1883, 17 September [39] |
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1883 | Nana-Sahib | Jean Richepin | Djamma | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1883, 20 December [40] |
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1884 | Macbeth | Shakespeare, adaptation by Jean Richepin | Lady Macbeth | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1884, 21 May [41] |
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1884 | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1884, 26 December [42] |
1885 | Marion De Lorme | Victor Hugo | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1885, 30 December [43] | |
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1886 | La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark | Shakespeare | Ophelia | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | |
1886 | La Maitre des Forges | Georges Ohnet | Claire de Beaulieu | premiere
one act | ||
1886 | L'Aveu | Sarah Bernhardt | Comtesse Marthe de Rocca | |||
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1887 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1887, 3 March [44] |
Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1887, 24 November [44] | |||||
1888 | Francillon | Alexandre Dumas, fils | Francine de Riverolles | Lyceum, London | ||
1889 | Léna | Pierre Berton &
F. C. Philipps |
Léna Despart | Théâtres des Variétés, Paris | Premiere
1889, 16 April [45] | |
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1890 | Jeanne d'Arc | Jules Barbier, incidental music by Charles Gounod | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1890, 3 January [46] |
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1890 | Cléopâtre | Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1890, 23 October [47] |
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1890 | La Passion |
Edmond Haraucourt,
music by J.S. Bach |
Cirque d'Hiver, Paris | ||
1891 | Gringoie | Théodore de Banville | title role | |||
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1891 | La Dame de Chalant | Giuseppe Giacosa | la Comtesse | Cincinnati | 1891, 16 October [48] |
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1891 | La Fille à Blanchard | Albert Darmont and Alfred Humblot | Pauline | Sydney (Australia) | 1891, 25 July [49] |
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1892 | Léah [50] [51] | Albert Darmont | title role | Boston | 1892, 8 January [52] |
1892 | On ne badine pas avec l'amour
( fr) |
Alfred de Musset | Camille | New York | ||
1892 | Pauline Blanchard | Albert Darmont &
Alfred Humbolt |
title role | The Royal English Opera house, London | Year before as "La Fille à Blanchard".
1892, 16 June | |
CANCELED | 1892 | Salome | Oscar Wilde | title role | The Royal English Opera house, London | CANCELED |
1893 | Les Rois | Jules Lemaitre | Princess Wilhelmine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1893, 6 November [53] | |
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1893 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same role in other theatre 19 years later.
1893, 19 November [54] |
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1894 | Izéyl | Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | premiere |
1894 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same play and role 12 years later in other theatre.
1894, 3 April [57] | |
1894 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same play and role 23 years later in other theatre.
1894, 9 Juny [58] | |
1894 | La Femme de Claude | Alexandre Dumas fils | Césarine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
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1894 | Gismonda | Victorien Sardou | Gismonda, duchesse d'Athène | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1894, 31 October [59] |
1895 | Magda | Hermann Sudermann | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
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1895 | La Princesse Lointaine | Edmond Rostand | Mélissinde, princesse d'Orient, comtesse de Tripoli | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1895, 5 April [60] |
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1896 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same role 14 years later in other theatre.
1896, 30 September [61] |
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1896 | Lorenzaccio | Alfred de Musset | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1896, 30 December [62] male role |
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1897 | Spiritisme | Victorien Sardou | Simone | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1897, 8 February [63] |
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1897 | La Samaritaine
( fr) |
Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1897, 14 April [64] |
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1897 | Les Mauvais Bergers | Octave Mirbeau | Madeleine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | |
1898 | La Ville Morte
( it) |
Gabriele d'Annunzio | Anne | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1898, 21 January [65] | |
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1898 | Lysiane | Romain Coolus | Lysiane de La Lauraye | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1898, 20 April [66] |
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1898 | Médée | Catulle Mendès | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1898, 28 October [67] |
1898 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Reprise 5 years later.
1898, 20 November [68] | |
1899 | Dalila | Octave Feuillet | Leonora, Princess Falconieri | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris | Same play and rol2 26 years later in own theatre.
1899, 8 March [69] | |
1899 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 3 years later in own theatre.
1899, 9 April [70] | |
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1899 | La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark | Shakespeare,
adapted by Marcel Schwob and Eugene Morand |
title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 13 years later, other role.
Male role In USA: 1900 [71] Filmed scenes: Hamlet (1900). |
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1899 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 12 years later in own theatre.
1899, 21 January [44] |
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1900 | L'Aiglon | Edmond Rostand | Duc de Reichstadt | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1900, 15 March [72] Male role In USA: 1900, November 26 [73] |
1900 | L'Etincelle | Édouard Pailleron | Léonie de Rénat | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
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1900 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Roxane | New York | Nov 26, 1900, Garden Theatre [74] |
1901 | La Pluie et le beau Temps | Léon Gozlan | Baroness | |||
1901 | Les Precieuses Ridicules | Moliere | Madelon | |||
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1902 | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 18 years later in own theatre.
1902, 7 January [42] |
1902 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 4 years later in own theatre.
1902, 6 February [54] | |
1902 | Magda | Hermann Sudermann | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 7 years later in own theatre.
1902, 20 February [75] | |
1902 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.
1902, 6 March [58] | |
1902 | La Samaritaine | Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 5 years later in own theatre.
1902, 20 March [64] | |
1902 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 3 years later.
1902, 7 June [70] | |
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1902 | Francesca da Rimini | Francis Marion Crawford, trad. by Marcel Schwob | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1902, 22 April [76] |
1902 | Sapho | Alphonse Daudet | Fanny Legrand | |||
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1902 | Théroigne de Méricourt
( fr) |
Paul Hervieu | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1902, 23 December [77] |
1902 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.
1902, 19 November [57] | |
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1903 | Andromaque | Racine | role of Hermione, then the role of Andromaque | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 30 years later.
1903, 7 February [78] |
1903 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 1 year later.
1903, 10 February. [70] Filmed in 1911. | |
1903 | La Samaritaine | Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 1 year later.
1903, 25 February [64] | |
1903 | Circé | Charles Richet, music by Raoul Brunel | title role | Monte-Carlo | ||
1903 | Bohèmos | Miguel Zamacoïs | Monte-Carlo | |||
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1903 | Werther | Goethe, adaptation by Pierre Decourcelle | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1903, 6 March [79] Male role |
1903 | Plus que Reine | Emile de Bergerat | Joséphine de Beauharnais | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
1903 | La Légende du Coeur | Jean Aicard | Cabestaing, troubadour | Théâtre antigue d'Orange | 1903, 13 July
[80]
Male role | |
1903 | Jeanne Wedekind | Félix Philippi, adaptation by Luigi Krauss | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1903, 5 November [81] | |
1903 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 4 years later. 1903, 11 November [44]Filmed in 1908. | |
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1903 | La Sorcière | Victorien Sardou | Zoraya | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1903, 15 December [82] |
1904 | Le Festin de la Mort | Antoine de Castellane | Mme. Maujourdain | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1904, 14 January [83] | |
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1904 | Varennes | Henri Lavedan and Georges LeNôtre | Marie Antoinette | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere |
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1905 | Angelo, tyran de Padoue | Victor Hugo | La Tisbé | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1905, 7 February [84] |
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1905 | Esther | Racine | Le roi Assuérus | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1905, 8 April
[85]
male role |
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1905 | Pelléas et Mélisande | Maurice Maeterlinck | Pelléas | Vaudeville Theatre (London) | 1902, 2 July
[86]
male role |
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1905 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt | title role | Same play 25 years later, with new version of text made by Sarah herself | |
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1906 | La Vierge d'Avila | Catulle Mendès | soeur Theresa | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1906, 10 November [87] |
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1907 | Les Bouffons | Miguel Zamacoïs | René dit Jacasse | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1907, January 25
[88]
Male role |
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1907 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 2 years later.
1907, 7 April [89] Filmed in 1912 |
1907 | Le Vert-Galant | Émile Moreau | La Reine Margot | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
1907 | Le Réveil
( fr) |
Paul Hervieu | Thérèze de Mégée | Théâtre - Français, London | ||
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1907 | La Belle au Bois Dormant | Jean Richepin and Henri Cain | Le poète Landry, le prince Landry (Prince Charmant) | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1907, 24 December
[90]
Male role |
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1908 | Le Courtisane de Corinthe | Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré | Cléonice | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1908, 8 April [91] |
1908 | La Passé | Georges de Porto-Riche | Dominique Brienne | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
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1909 | La Nuit de Mai | Alfred de Musset | Poet | Comédie Française | Same play 33 year later, but other role.
1909, 5 May [92] Male role |
1909 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | title role | (scenes from)
Same play 9 years later but other role. Male role | ||
1909 | La Fille de Rubenstein (??) | Remon (??) | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | |||
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1909 | Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc | Émile Moreau | Jeanne d'Arc | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1909, 25 November [93] In USA: 1910 [94] |
1909 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 6 years later.
1909, 8 May [44] | |
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1910 | La Beffa | Book by Sem Benelli; adapted by Jean Richepin | Gianetto Malespini | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1910, 2 March
[95]
Male role In USA: December 1910 [96] |
1910 | La Femme X | Alexandre Bisson | Jacqueline Fleuriot | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | In USA: December 1910 [97] | |
1910 | Judas | John Wesley De Kay | title role | The Globe Theatre, New York | Male role
Premiere in USA: Dec 24, 1910 [98] | |
? | Soeur Béatrice
(Sister Beatrice) |
Maurice Maeterlinck | In USA: 1911 [99] | |||
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1911 | Lucrèce Borgia | Victor Hugo | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1911, 23 November [100] |
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1911 | Tartuffe | Molière | Dorine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | |
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1912 | La Reine Elizabeth | Emlie Moreau | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere.
1912, 11 April [101] Filmed: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) |
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1912 | Une nuit de Noel sous la Terreur | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | Marion | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1912, 21 November [102] |
1912 | La Dame aux camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Nouveau de Belleville (Paris) | Reprise 9 years later.
1912, 11 September [103] | |
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1913 | Jeanne Doré
( fr) |
Tristan Bernard | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1913, 16 December [104] Filmed in 1916 |
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1914 | Tout à coup | Paul de Cassagnac and Guy de Cassagnac | La Marquise de Chalonne | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1914, 15 April [105] |
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1915 | Les Cathédrales | Eugène Morand | La Cathédrale de Strasbourg | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act - premiere
1915, 7 November [106] |
1916 | La Mort de Cléopâtre | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | Cléopâtre | one act - premiere
In USA: 1917 [107] | ||
1916 | L'Holocauste | Sarah Bernhardt | Duchesse | one act - premiere | ||
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1916 | Du théâtre au Champ d'Honneur | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | soldier Marc Bertrand | Male role
In USA: 1917 [108] | |
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1916 | Vitrail | René Fauchois | Violaine | L'Alhambra (Paris) | one act |
1916 | Hécube | Maurice Bernhardt and Rene Clarance | title role | one act
In USA: 1917 [111] | ||
1916 | Le Faux Modèle | Edouard Daurelly | Madeleine | one act
In USA: 1917 [112] | ||
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1916 | Le Marchand de Venise | Shakespeare | Portia | excerpts from play
In USA: "Shylock" (scenes) in 1917 [113] | |
1916 | L'Etoile dans la nuit | Henri Cain | Jane de Mauduit | one act | ||
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1916 | Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth | Émile Moreau | Queen Elizabeth | ||
? | Cendres D'Opium | Jean De Le Traz | In USA: 1917 [114] | |||
? | La Chance du Mari | Gaston Armand De Caillavet and Robert de Flers | In USA: 1917 [115] | |||
? | Rosalie | Max Maurey | In USA: 1917 [116] | |||
? | La Paix Chez Soi
( fr) |
Georges Courteline | In USA: 1917 [117] | |||
? | L'Anglais tel Qu'on le Parle
( fr) |
Tristan Bernard | In USA: 1917 [118] | |||
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1920 | Rossini | René Fauchois | Anna, la mère du compositeur
(Rossini's mother) |
Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon | 1920, 27 January |
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1920 | Athalie | Racine | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 53 years later, other role.
1920, 1 April [119] |
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1920 | Daniel | Louis Vernouil | Daniel Arnaud | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere.
1910, 10 November [120] Filmed in 1921 |
1920 | Comment on écrit l'Histoire [121] | Sacha Guitry | Mariette | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act-premiere
1920? December 4 [121] | |
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1921 | La Gloire | Maurice Rostand | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act-premiere |
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1921 | Régine Armand [124] | Louis Vernouil | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1921, April 20 [124] |
1922 | La Mort de Molière, poème dramatique en un acte par Maurice Rostand, représenté au Théatre Sarah Bernhardt a l'occasion du tricentenaire de Molière [125] | Maurice Rostand | La Douleur [126] | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | in January of February
[125]
one act |
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This is a list of the notable roles played by the French actress Sarah Bernhardt, including both stage roles and early motion pictures, [1] [2] with the year of the first performance. [3] [4] Roles first performed by Bernhardt are noted as premieres.
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1858 | Tobias Regains His Sight | Mère Sainte-Thérèse | The angel Raphael | Convent at Grand-champs, Versailles | Performed in honour of the archbishop of Paris on his visit to the convent where Sarah was a pupil. | |
1861 | Les Enfants d'Edouard | Casimir Delavigne | Edouard V | Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris | male role | |
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1861 | Les Premières Armes de Richelieu | Jean-François Bayard / Dumanoir | Richelieu | Théâtre de la Tour d'Auvergne, Paris | male role |
1862 | Iphigénie | Racine | title role | Comédie Française | ||
1862 | Valérie | Eugene Scribe / Mélesville | title role | Comédie Française | ||
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1862 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Henriette | Comédie Française | |
1862 | L'Etourdi | Molière | Hippolyte | Comédie Française | ||
1863 | Le Père de la Debutante | Emmanuel Théaulon and Jean-François Bayard | Anita | Gymnase | 1863, 23 June [5] | |
1863 | Le Démon du Jeu | Théodore Barrière and Henri Crisafulli | Amélie de Villefontaine | Gymnase | premiere
1863, 16 July [6] | |
1863 | Un Soufflet n'est Jamais Perdu | Jean-François Bayard | Jeannette | Gymnase | ||
1863 | La Maison sans Enfants | Dumanoir | Madame de Rives | Gymnase | ||
1863 | L'Etourneau | Jean-François Bayard and Léon Laya | Anita | Gymnase | ||
1863 | Le Premier Pas
( fr) |
Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes | Clémence | Gymnase | ||
1864 | Un Mari qui Lance sa Femme
( fr) |
Eugène Labiche & Raimond Deslandes | Princesse Douchinka,
later Mme Dieudonné |
Gymnase | 1864, 23 April [7] | |
1865 | La Biche aux Bois
( fr) |
Brothers Charles-Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard
(frères Cogniard) with music by Auguste Pilati [8] |
Princess Désirée | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Sarah not mentioned in the first cast. [9] | |
1866 | Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard | Marivaux | Silvia | Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris | ||
1866 | Phèdre | Racine | Aricie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Armande | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Same play, other role, other theatre 7 years later | |
1867 | Aux Arrêts | Edmond de Boissière | Amélie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1867, 27 February [10] | |
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1867 | Britannicus | Racine | Albine | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |
Junie | ||||||
1867 | Le Malade Imaginaire | Molière | Angélique | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Le Legs
(The Legacy) ( fr) |
Marivaux | Hortense | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Athalie | Racine | Zarcharie | Théâtre de l'Odéon | male role | |
1867 | Le Testament de César Girodot | Alexandre Belot and Edmond Villetard | Hortense | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
1867 | Le Marquis de Villemer | George Sand | Baronne d'Arglade | Théâtre de l'Odéon | ||
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1867 | François le Champi | George Sand | Mariette | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |
1868 | Kean, ou Désordre et génie | Alexander Dumas père, Théaulon de Lambert and Frédéric de Courcy | Anna Damby | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 17 February [11] | |
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1868 | Le Roi Lear
( King Lear) |
Shakespeare | Cordelia | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 6 April [12] |
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1867 | Le Drame de la Rue de la Paix | Adolphe Belot | Julia Vidal | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1868, 5 November [13] |
1868 | La Loterie du Marriage | Jules Barbier | Laure Dufour | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
1869 | La Gloire de Molière | Théodore de Banville | Théâtre de l'Odéon | |||
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1869 | Le Passant | François Coppée | Zanetto | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1869, 14 January [14] male role |
1869 | Le Bâtard | Alfred Touroude | Jeanne | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1869, 18 September [15] | |
1870 | L'Affranchi | Latour de Saint-Ybars | Bérénice | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
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1870 | L'Autre | George Sand | Hélène de Mérangis | Théâtre de l'Odéon | Premiere
1870, 25 February [16] |
1871 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
1871 | Fais ce que dois | François Coppée | Marthe | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1871, 21 October [17] | |
1871 | La Baronne | Édouard Foussier and Charles Edmond | Geneviève | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1871, 23 November [18] | |
1871 | L’Article 47 | Adolphe Belot | Cora | Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique | 1871, 20 October [19] | |
1872 | Mademoiselle Aïssé | Louis Bouilhet | title role | Théâtre de l'Odéon | premiere | |
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1872 | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | La reine | Théâtre de l'Odéon | 1872, 24 February [20] |
1872 | Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle | Alexander Dumas pere | Gabrielle de Belle-Isle | Comédie-Française | Premiere
1872, 6 November [21] | |
1872 | Le Cid | Corneille | Chimène | |||
1872 | Britannicus | Racine | Junie | Comédie-Française | Same play and role 5 years later in other theatre.
1872, 14 December [22] | |
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1873 | Le Mariage de Figaro | Beaumarchais | Chérubin | Comédie-Française | 1873, 30 January
[23]
Male role |
1873 | Mademoiselle de la Seiglière
( fr) |
Jules Sandeau | Hélène | Comédie-Française | ||
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1873 | Dalila | Octave Feuillet | Leonora, Princess Falconieri | Comédie-Française | 1873, 28 March [24] |
1873 | L'Absent | Eugène Manuel | Mistress Douglas | Comédie-Française | premiere | |
1873 | Chez l'Avocat | Paul Ferrier | Marthe | Comédie-Française | premiere | |
1873 | Andromaque | Racine | Comédie-Française | |||
1874 | Le Péril dan la Demeure | Octave Feuillet | Caroline de la Roseraie | Comédie-Française | ||
1874 | Le Sphinx | Octave Feuillet | Berthe de Savigny | Comédie-Française | Premiere
1874, 23 March [25] | |
1874 | La Belle Paule | Louis Denayrousse | Henri de Ligniville | Comédie-Française | premiere
male role | |
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1874 | Zaire | Voltaire | Zaire | Comédie-Française | 1874, 6 August [26] |
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1874 | Phèdre | Racine | Aricie | Comédie-Française | Same play and role in other theatre 6 years later. |
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title role | Same play but main role. 1874, 21 December [27] | ||||
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1875 | La Fille de Roland | Henri de Bornier | Berthe | Comédie-Française | 1875, 15 February [28] |
1875 | Gabrielle | Emile Augier | title role | Comédie-Française | May [29] | |
1875 | L'Oiseau bleu | Pierre Elzéar | Jeanne | Hôtel de Luynes | 1875, 20 May [30] | |
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1876 | L'Étrangère | Alexandre Dumas fils | Mistress Clarkson | Comédie-Française | 1876, 14 February [31] |
1876 | La Nuit de Mai | Alfred de Musset | Muse | |||
1876 | Rome vaincue | Alexandre Parodi | Posthumia | Comédie-Française | premiere
1876, 27 September [32] | |
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1877 | Hernani | Victor Hugo | Doña Sol | Comédie-Française | 1877, 21 November [33] |
1878 | Othello | Shakespeare | Desdemona | |||
1878 | Amphytrion | Molière | Alcméne | Comédie-Française | ||
1879 | Mithridate | Racine | Monime | |||
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1879 | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | La reine | Comédie-Française | Same role 7 years later in other theatre.
1879, 4 April [34] |
1880 | L'Aventurière | Emile Augier | Dona Clorinde | |||
1880 | Le Sphinx | Octave Feuillet | Blanche de Chelles | Same play 6 years later but other role. | ||
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1880 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé | title role | In USA: November 8, 1880, Booth's Theatre (NY) [35] | |
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1880 | Froufrou | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Gilberte | ||
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1880 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | ||
1881 | La Princesse Georges | Alexandre Dumas fils | Sévérine | |||
1882 | Les Faux Ménages | Édouard Pailleron | Esther | Lyon | ||
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1882 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre de la Gaîté (Paris) | Same role 2 years later.
1882, 26 May [36] |
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1882 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Vaudeville, Paris | Premiere
1882, 12 December [37] |
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1883 | Pierrot Assassin | Jean Richepin | Pierrot | Palais du Trocadéro, Paris | 1883, 28 April
[38]
male role |
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1883 | Froufrou | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Gilberte | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Same play and role 3 years later.
1883, 17 September [39] |
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1883 | Nana-Sahib | Jean Richepin | Djamma | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1883, 20 December [40] |
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1884 | Macbeth | Shakespeare, adaptation by Jean Richepin | Lady Macbeth | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1884, 21 May [41] |
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1884 | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1884, 26 December [42] |
1885 | Marion De Lorme | Victor Hugo | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1885, 30 December [43] | |
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1886 | La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark | Shakespeare | Ophelia | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | |
1886 | La Maitre des Forges | Georges Ohnet | Claire de Beaulieu | premiere
one act | ||
1886 | L'Aveu | Sarah Bernhardt | Comtesse Marthe de Rocca | |||
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1887 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1887, 3 March [44] |
Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1887, 24 November [44] | |||||
1888 | Francillon | Alexandre Dumas, fils | Francine de Riverolles | Lyceum, London | ||
1889 | Léna | Pierre Berton &
F. C. Philipps |
Léna Despart | Théâtres des Variétés, Paris | Premiere
1889, 16 April [45] | |
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1890 | Jeanne d'Arc | Jules Barbier, incidental music by Charles Gounod | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | 1890, 3 January [46] |
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1890 | Cléopâtre | Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau | title role | Théâtre Porte Sainte-Martin | Premiere
1890, 23 October [47] |
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1890 | La Passion |
Edmond Haraucourt,
music by J.S. Bach |
Cirque d'Hiver, Paris | ||
1891 | Gringoie | Théodore de Banville | title role | |||
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1891 | La Dame de Chalant | Giuseppe Giacosa | la Comtesse | Cincinnati | 1891, 16 October [48] |
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1891 | La Fille à Blanchard | Albert Darmont and Alfred Humblot | Pauline | Sydney (Australia) | 1891, 25 July [49] |
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1892 | Léah [50] [51] | Albert Darmont | title role | Boston | 1892, 8 January [52] |
1892 | On ne badine pas avec l'amour
( fr) |
Alfred de Musset | Camille | New York | ||
1892 | Pauline Blanchard | Albert Darmont &
Alfred Humbolt |
title role | The Royal English Opera house, London | Year before as "La Fille à Blanchard".
1892, 16 June | |
CANCELED | 1892 | Salome | Oscar Wilde | title role | The Royal English Opera house, London | CANCELED |
1893 | Les Rois | Jules Lemaitre | Princess Wilhelmine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1893, 6 November [53] | |
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1893 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same role in other theatre 19 years later.
1893, 19 November [54] |
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1894 | Izéyl | Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | premiere |
1894 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same play and role 12 years later in other theatre.
1894, 3 April [57] | |
1894 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same play and role 23 years later in other theatre.
1894, 9 Juny [58] | |
1894 | La Femme de Claude | Alexandre Dumas fils | Césarine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
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1894 | Gismonda | Victorien Sardou | Gismonda, duchesse d'Athène | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1894, 31 October [59] |
1895 | Magda | Hermann Sudermann | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
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1895 | La Princesse Lointaine | Edmond Rostand | Mélissinde, princesse d'Orient, comtesse de Tripoli | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1895, 5 April [60] |
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1896 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Same role 14 years later in other theatre.
1896, 30 September [61] |
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1896 | Lorenzaccio | Alfred de Musset | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1896, 30 December [62] male role |
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1897 | Spiritisme | Victorien Sardou | Simone | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1897, 8 February [63] |
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1897 | La Samaritaine
( fr) |
Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1897, 14 April [64] |
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1897 | Les Mauvais Bergers | Octave Mirbeau | Madeleine | Théâtre de la Renaissance | |
1898 | La Ville Morte
( it) |
Gabriele d'Annunzio | Anne | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1898, 21 January [65] | |
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1898 | Lysiane | Romain Coolus | Lysiane de La Lauraye | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Premiere
1898, 20 April [66] |
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1898 | Médée | Catulle Mendès | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | 1898, 28 October [67] |
1898 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre de la Renaissance | Reprise 5 years later.
1898, 20 November [68] | |
1899 | Dalila | Octave Feuillet | Leonora, Princess Falconieri | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris | Same play and rol2 26 years later in own theatre.
1899, 8 March [69] | |
1899 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 3 years later in own theatre.
1899, 9 April [70] | |
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1899 | La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark | Shakespeare,
adapted by Marcel Schwob and Eugene Morand |
title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 13 years later, other role.
Male role In USA: 1900 [71] Filmed scenes: Hamlet (1900). |
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1899 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 12 years later in own theatre.
1899, 21 January [44] |
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1900 | L'Aiglon | Edmond Rostand | Duc de Reichstadt | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1900, 15 March [72] Male role In USA: 1900, November 26 [73] |
1900 | L'Etincelle | Édouard Pailleron | Léonie de Rénat | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
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1900 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Roxane | New York | Nov 26, 1900, Garden Theatre [74] |
1901 | La Pluie et le beau Temps | Léon Gozlan | Baroness | |||
1901 | Les Precieuses Ridicules | Moliere | Madelon | |||
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1902 | Théodora | Victorien Sardou | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 18 years later in own theatre.
1902, 7 January [42] |
1902 | Phèdre | Racine | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 4 years later in own theatre.
1902, 6 February [54] | |
1902 | Magda | Hermann Sudermann | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same role 7 years later in own theatre.
1902, 20 February [75] | |
1902 | Jean-Marie | André Theuriet | Thérése | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.
1902, 6 March [58] | |
1902 | La Samaritaine | Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 5 years later in own theatre.
1902, 20 March [64] | |
1902 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 3 years later.
1902, 7 June [70] | |
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1902 | Francesca da Rimini | Francis Marion Crawford, trad. by Marcel Schwob | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1902, 22 April [76] |
1902 | Sapho | Alphonse Daudet | Fanny Legrand | |||
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1902 | Théroigne de Méricourt
( fr) |
Paul Hervieu | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1902, 23 December [77] |
1902 | Fédora | Victorien Sardou | Fedora Romazoff | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play and role 8 years later in own theatre.
1902, 19 November [57] | |
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1903 | Andromaque | Racine | role of Hermione, then the role of Andromaque | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 30 years later.
1903, 7 February [78] |
1903 | La Dame aux Camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 1 year later.
1903, 10 February. [70] Filmed in 1911. | |
1903 | La Samaritaine | Edmond Rostand | Photine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 1 year later.
1903, 25 February [64] | |
1903 | Circé | Charles Richet, music by Raoul Brunel | title role | Monte-Carlo | ||
1903 | Bohèmos | Miguel Zamacoïs | Monte-Carlo | |||
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1903 | Werther | Goethe, adaptation by Pierre Decourcelle | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1903, 6 March [79] Male role |
1903 | Plus que Reine | Emile de Bergerat | Joséphine de Beauharnais | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
1903 | La Légende du Coeur | Jean Aicard | Cabestaing, troubadour | Théâtre antigue d'Orange | 1903, 13 July
[80]
Male role | |
1903 | Jeanne Wedekind | Félix Philippi, adaptation by Luigi Krauss | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1903, 5 November [81] | |
1903 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 4 years later. 1903, 11 November [44]Filmed in 1908. | |
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1903 | La Sorcière | Victorien Sardou | Zoraya | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1903, 15 December [82] |
1904 | Le Festin de la Mort | Antoine de Castellane | Mme. Maujourdain | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1904, 14 January [83] | |
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1904 | Varennes | Henri Lavedan and Georges LeNôtre | Marie Antoinette | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere |
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1905 | Angelo, tyran de Padoue | Victor Hugo | La Tisbé | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1905, 7 February [84] |
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1905 | Esther | Racine | Le roi Assuérus | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1905, 8 April
[85]
male role |
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1905 | Pelléas et Mélisande | Maurice Maeterlinck | Pelléas | Vaudeville Theatre (London) | 1902, 2 July
[86]
male role |
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1905 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt | title role | Same play 25 years later, with new version of text made by Sarah herself | |
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1906 | La Vierge d'Avila | Catulle Mendès | soeur Theresa | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1906, 10 November [87] |
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1907 | Les Bouffons | Miguel Zamacoïs | René dit Jacasse | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1907, January 25
[88]
Male role |
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1907 | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, adapted by Sarah Bernhardt | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 2 years later.
1907, 7 April [89] Filmed in 1912 |
1907 | Le Vert-Galant | Émile Moreau | La Reine Margot | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
1907 | Le Réveil
( fr) |
Paul Hervieu | Thérèze de Mégée | Théâtre - Français, London | ||
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1907 | La Belle au Bois Dormant | Jean Richepin and Henri Cain | Le poète Landry, le prince Landry (Prince Charmant) | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1907, 24 December
[90]
Male role |
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1908 | Le Courtisane de Corinthe | Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré | Cléonice | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1908, 8 April [91] |
1908 | La Passé | Georges de Porto-Riche | Dominique Brienne | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | ||
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1909 | La Nuit de Mai | Alfred de Musset | Poet | Comédie Française | Same play 33 year later, but other role.
1909, 5 May [92] Male role |
1909 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | title role | (scenes from)
Same play 9 years later but other role. Male role | ||
1909 | La Fille de Rubenstein (??) | Remon (??) | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | |||
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1909 | Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc | Émile Moreau | Jeanne d'Arc | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | premiere
1909, 25 November [93] In USA: 1910 [94] |
1909 | La Tosca | Victorien Sardou | Floria Tosca | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Reprise 6 years later.
1909, 8 May [44] | |
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1910 | La Beffa | Book by Sem Benelli; adapted by Jean Richepin | Gianetto Malespini | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1910, 2 March
[95]
Male role In USA: December 1910 [96] |
1910 | La Femme X | Alexandre Bisson | Jacqueline Fleuriot | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | In USA: December 1910 [97] | |
1910 | Judas | John Wesley De Kay | title role | The Globe Theatre, New York | Male role
Premiere in USA: Dec 24, 1910 [98] | |
? | Soeur Béatrice
(Sister Beatrice) |
Maurice Maeterlinck | In USA: 1911 [99] | |||
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1911 | Lucrèce Borgia | Victor Hugo | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1911, 23 November [100] |
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1911 | Tartuffe | Molière | Dorine | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | |
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1912 | La Reine Elizabeth | Emlie Moreau | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere.
1912, 11 April [101] Filmed: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) |
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1912 | Une nuit de Noel sous la Terreur | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | Marion | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1912, 21 November [102] |
1912 | La Dame aux camélias | Alexandre Dumas fils | Marguerite Gautier | Théâtre Nouveau de Belleville (Paris) | Reprise 9 years later.
1912, 11 September [103] | |
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1913 | Jeanne Doré
( fr) |
Tristan Bernard | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1913, 16 December [104] Filmed in 1916 |
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1914 | Tout à coup | Paul de Cassagnac and Guy de Cassagnac | La Marquise de Chalonne | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere
1914, 15 April [105] |
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1915 | Les Cathédrales | Eugène Morand | La Cathédrale de Strasbourg | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act - premiere
1915, 7 November [106] |
1916 | La Mort de Cléopâtre | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | Cléopâtre | one act - premiere
In USA: 1917 [107] | ||
1916 | L'Holocauste | Sarah Bernhardt | Duchesse | one act - premiere | ||
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1916 | Du théâtre au Champ d'Honneur | Maurice Bernhardt and Henri Cain | soldier Marc Bertrand | Male role
In USA: 1917 [108] | |
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1916 | Vitrail | René Fauchois | Violaine | L'Alhambra (Paris) | one act |
1916 | Hécube | Maurice Bernhardt and Rene Clarance | title role | one act
In USA: 1917 [111] | ||
1916 | Le Faux Modèle | Edouard Daurelly | Madeleine | one act
In USA: 1917 [112] | ||
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1916 | Le Marchand de Venise | Shakespeare | Portia | excerpts from play
In USA: "Shylock" (scenes) in 1917 [113] | |
1916 | L'Etoile dans la nuit | Henri Cain | Jane de Mauduit | one act | ||
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1916 | Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth | Émile Moreau | Queen Elizabeth | ||
? | Cendres D'Opium | Jean De Le Traz | In USA: 1917 [114] | |||
? | La Chance du Mari | Gaston Armand De Caillavet and Robert de Flers | In USA: 1917 [115] | |||
? | Rosalie | Max Maurey | In USA: 1917 [116] | |||
? | La Paix Chez Soi
( fr) |
Georges Courteline | In USA: 1917 [117] | |||
? | L'Anglais tel Qu'on le Parle
( fr) |
Tristan Bernard | In USA: 1917 [118] | |||
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1920 | Rossini | René Fauchois | Anna, la mère du compositeur
(Rossini's mother) |
Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon | 1920, 27 January |
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1920 | Athalie | Racine | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Same play 53 years later, other role.
1920, 1 April [119] |
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1920 | Daniel | Louis Vernouil | Daniel Arnaud | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | Premiere.
1910, 10 November [120] Filmed in 1921 |
1920 | Comment on écrit l'Histoire [121] | Sacha Guitry | Mariette | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act-premiere
1920? December 4 [121] | |
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1921 | La Gloire | Maurice Rostand | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | one act-premiere |
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1921 | Régine Armand [124] | Louis Vernouil | title role | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | 1921, April 20 [124] |
1922 | La Mort de Molière, poème dramatique en un acte par Maurice Rostand, représenté au Théatre Sarah Bernhardt a l'occasion du tricentenaire de Molière [125] | Maurice Rostand | La Douleur [126] | Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt | in January of February
[125]
one act |
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