Sarah Bernhardt is a superstar of the last century, with a hard and unjust fate. After all, at that time acting was considered the most ungrateful. Judge for yourself if after the poet there are his poems, after the death of the musician - his works, after the architect - his house and construction, after the artist - pictures and drawings, then after the actor who played in the productions, there is only rumor. It was this fate that Sarah Bernhardt had to endure, because although she died in old age, she did not live to see the era of television. Bohemia lived under the motto: "To do it, by all means." And this phrase was saturated with all of her life and work.
The first of the superstars
But the actress sparked and other talents. For example, she became the author of the book "My Double Life", which had the character of an autobiography. It was with this book that Sarah managed to inflate the fire of curiosity of people even more. She skillfully told about many things, but most of the information was covered with darkness, including facts from personal life.
The actress was the mother of a Jewess with Dutch roots - Judith Hart. The woman was very beautiful, so she always had a lot of fans. But beauty was given not only by her appearance, but also by the profession - she was a musician. The father of the actress was an ordinary engineer, his name was Edward Bernard. But there are rumors that he could be a father and some under the name Morel (an officer of the French naval fleet). An interesting fact - Sarah Bernhardt, when she gave birth to her child, also hid his father. My son was called Maurice.
Childhood and youth
Sarah was brought up on the territory of the monastery, which did not have any influence, because the future star did not learn obedience. Since childhood she has been an irascible nature and was very stubborn. When the future actress was released from the monastery, she found herself in a difficult situation. Her life at that time resembled something terrible, like a man thrown into the water, who can not swim, did not know what to do.
But young Sarah was helped by one of the regular keepers of Judith Hart (her mother) - Count de Morny. Sarah decided to send to the Conservatory, which helped her to appear on people and to go out into the light. And then the "mop", so vehement eyes, realized its dream of the day - the theater.
When the "mop" was taken to the theater, then the director of this institution expressed some doubts about her career, because Sarah was incredibly skinny. But despite everything, Sarah still took, and being an 18-year-old girl she played her first role. It was a debut, dated 1-st September 1862. The success of the actress was the tragedy of Racine ("Iphigenia in Aulis").
It is worth noting that the critics wrote about Sara absurdity, they said she was completely non-expressive. But this did not affect the actress, and she decided to live under the motto: "By all means." A strong, at times masculine character, as well as the desperate courage of Sarah helped her. The actress left the House of Moliere and began to play in other, more modest theaters: "Gymnasium", "Port-Saint-Martin", "Odeon". Why did the actress go out of a good place? Yes, because I wanted to return to the prima donna in "Comedy Francaise" and show all my brilliance.
Work S. Bernard
Bernard very well managed to perform roles related to the classical repertoire, Takona tried herself in roles: Phaedra, Andromache, Desdemona, Zaire, etc. Having perfected his skills on young heroines, she crossed modern forms of drama. One of the most successful roles was Margarita Gotye ("Lady with Camellias" by Alexandre Dumas-son).
Sarah had real triumphs, for which she received diamonds and other jewelry from admirers. In order to not be stolen, she always took a gun with her. The actress had various attachments: to the theater, to firearms, to jewelry.
Interesting facts about the actress and her skill
In fact, few of the famous actresses of that time, and today, played as many male roles as Sarah. These were reincarnations in Werther and Zanetto, after which there was an entry into the role of Lorenzaccio, the most successful was the performance of the role of Hamlet and of course, the famous Eaglet. It is worth noting that Hamlet's role was so important that she could conquer even Stanislavsky himself.
Twenty-year-old Eaglet, who was not the happiest son of the famous father Napoleon Bonaparte, Sarah happened to play when she was at the age of 55.
When the premiere of the drama Edmond Rostand took place on the stage, encounters encounted about 30 pieces, which caused a furore. The role was played in 1900.
Strangely, but it was not believing Stanislavsky consideredMaaru not a heroine, but rather the technical perfection of that time: the voice is beautiful, diction is sharp, plasticity, artistic taste. Talk about Sarah and other people are famous. The opinion of the public was that Bernard can do a lot and especially accurately convey on the stage the emotions of both the person and the hero: the state of joy, the moments of despair and grief, the feelings of overwhelming happiness, and the tactful and terrible sensations, instantly shift from caress to fury-it is forever could catch the most subtle feelings. Volonsky and did express himself directly that the whisper, and the voice, and the voice of the actress is famous. He also called her a golden voice. They marked imimics and other nuances inherent only to Sarah Bernhardt.
The World of Sarah
In the world, Sarah Bernard was treated differently. For example, the Americans considered her visits unfavorable and compared the actress to the snake, which came to dissolve the poison of lies. And in Russia they took interest in Napoleon's skirt.
If we look at the then media, it becomes clear that in most cases, Sarah Bernhardt was a sensation and only then reports and other news. Her debuts, her failures, applause and defeats, everything was described. When the actress set off, then with her went and the next sweat-porters.
The attitude towards Sarah and the religious organizations was not the same. She was the very first star, which has world-scale proportions, so no one can take advantage of her success.
Sara in life
If actors are alone on stage, then in life they must be completely different. So Sarah Bernhardt, she was always excellent, with a needle is dressed, painted, brought. But there was always a mask on it and many said that it was a crook. And all that she has is a red curl in the front, a red curl with a beautiful voice, and otherwise she remains artificial. But the essence of the matter is that Sarah had to create herself, she only played other people's images in plays, she made herself: her voice, her type, her silhouette and herself as a whole.
The first star of this scale influenced the business, began to produce with her name and soap, and perfume, and powder, and even gloves.
Personal life
The actress had two husbands. The first was the prince, who was a native of the ancient French family. And the second was a colleague in the shop - an actor from Greece, which is remarkable for its unusual beauty. It was the second husband who brought the actress and new sensations in life, and inspiration.
But Sarah is a strong woman and did not want to be someone's toy, so she raised herself from the ashes and did everything to at least achieve something: professionally she was engaged in painting, sculpture, composing romances with a funny storyline, funny plays and stuff. Also Sarah Bernard went up to the sky on the Giffar balloon.
Often Sarah was compared with Joan of Arc, and also considered a sorceress etc.
Sarah Bernhard's life passed quickly and with great success. She swallowed it with her greedy mouthfuls. So, when in 1914 she had to amputate a leg, she did not become sad, because dejection is not her fad. On the contrary, the actress continued to live full of life and various life events until March 26, 1923 (before her death). At the funeral of the then "queen of the theater" came a large part of Paris. It was there that the great and undoubtedly talented Sir Bernard was led on the last journey.