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Adrienne Lecouvreur
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- In Eugène Scribe
His Adrienne Lecouvreur (1849), a melodrama about an actress who loves a nobleman, unaware of his high rank and true identity, was favoured as a vehicle by such notable actresses as Sarah Bernhardt and Helena Modjeska. Scribe also wrote a ballet and several opera libretti. He…
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role of Modjeska
- In Helena Modjeska
…in an English version of Adrienne Lecouvreur, in which she was very successful despite her poor English. She continued to act principally in the United States but was also seen from time to time in London, where in 1881 she fulfilled her ambition to play Shakespeare on an English stage,…
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