EVEN SO

The Life of the Great Sarah Bernhardt in 26 Short Sketches

The Book :

Art et Comédie publications
ISBN 2-84422-397-4
Price : 17 euros



Cast :

8 actors (minimum of 2 women) can take on 60 roles.


The Plot :

Based on ideas lived out by Sarah Bernhardt.
A fantasy dialogue written by Anca Visdei based on the life of Sarah Bernhardt: With Sarah Bernhardt herself, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas (father & son), the Duke of Morny, Madame Guérard (otherwise known as ‘the little lady’) Maurice, Jeanne, Rosine and Judith Bernhardt, Madame X, a notary from Le Havre, Thomas Alva Edisson, several cowboys, children, Chinese, toy animals, actors & co..

Is Sarah Bernhardt a 19th century subject? I don’t think so. It’s true that I’m a bit short-sighted but even so! Different topics are treated – paedophilia, incurable sex diseases, revenge, the choice of partners, marketing, to go to bed or not if you want to succeed, contracts with the Anglo-Saxons, drugs, private enterprise, single parents…
19th? 21st? Humanity develops very slowly you know…rum

Versions :

Short version ( one hour) titled "Sarah B".

Translations :

Translated into German by Anne Schmid : " Die wunderbare Familie der Sarah B" »

Dramatic Productions :

- dramatic reading at the " théâtre de la Huchette", directed by Hélène Cohen

- created in
Lyon, directed by Fabienne Lermé-Simian