Mucha called her “La divine Sarah.” Mucha’s posters were also used to advertise Bernhardt’s theatrical tours in the United States, where she enjoyed an equally large following. The artist ...

“Bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses—and then there is Sarah Bernhardt ... and employed Alphonse Mucha, an artist, to create posters of her using the new ...

VIENNA, Oct. 24. -- Sarah Bernhardt was acting Hamlet in Vienna last week, and failed thoroughly, as in London and Brussels. According to the programme, she was to play Hamlet four times ...

Bernhardt/Hamlet tells the story of revered actor Sarah Bernhardt ... is perfectly cast as the mopey poster artist, Alphonse Mucha. All five men circle Bernhardt, questioning her common sense ...

"Sarah Bernhardt, often called the first ... Swanson), whom Bernhardt commissions to offer his take on "Hamlet," and artist Alphonse Mucha (Adrian Francies) one of the founders of Art Nouveau ...

On Christmas Eve 1894, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a Czech junior designer working alone in a Parisian print shop, received a rush order from actress Sarah Bernhardt for a poster advertising her ...

A centenary after her death, the most famous French actress of all time, Sarah ... Bernhardt chose an unknown Czech artist to design her poster for Gismonda, advertising formats and Alphonse Mucha ...

And then there is Sarah Bernhardt." In 1899, the international stage celebrity set out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet. Theresa Rebeck's new play rollicks with high comedy and human ...

A centenary exhibition in Paris honors the French actress who invented the concept of the global star. By Beatrice Loayza Reporting from Paris In the 19th and early 20th century, everyone ...