Originally posted in 2009 Today is the birthday of the Divine Sarah. Bernhardt was the greatest star of the 19th century. If she didn't already exist, it would have been necessary to invent her. So great was her fame (and, apparently, her talent) that thousands of English-speakers in Britain and America paid to see her performances […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:43AM on October 23, 2013