Event Category: Live Theater

Bernhardt/Hamlet  by Theresa Rebeck “It is delightful to undress a man, and find a woman inside.” – Edmond, Act I, Scene ii In 1899, the legendary international stage celebrity Sarah Bernhardt sets out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet.   Ms. Bernhardt’s decision to assume the title role of Shakespeare’s Hamlet left critics and patriarchs […]

Bernhardt/Hamlet  by Theresa Rebeck “It is delightful to undress a man, and find a woman inside.” – Edmond, Act I, Scene ii In 1899, the legendary international stage celebrity Sarah Bernhardt sets out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet.   Ms. Bernhardt’s decision to assume the title role of Shakespeare’s Hamlet left critics and patriarchs […]