Helena Modjeska

Helena Modjeska (nee Opid), (1840-1909) was an internationally-famous Polish actress who later moved to the United States.

Roles

Her chief tragic roles were:

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• Shakespeare
• Ophelia
• Juliet
• Desdemona
• Queen Anne in Richard III
• Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
• Louisa Miller
• Maria Stuart
• Friedrich Schiller's Princess Eboli
• Marion Delorme
• Victor Hugo's Tisb
• Slowacki's Mazeppa

In comedy her favorite roles were:

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• Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
• Donna Diana in "Donna Diana".

Madame Modjeska was also the Polish interpreter of the most prominent plays of

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Legouv, Dumas père and fils, Émile Augier, Alfred de Musset, Octave Feuillet and Victorien Sardou.

Related Topics:
Dumas père - Fils - Émile Augier - Alfred de Musset - Octave Feuillet - Victorien Sardou

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