Great actress. Roman about Sarah Bernard. Gordner K.U.

The Great Sarah Bernard was born in the family of a courtesan, but she received education in a boarding house at the monastery. Returning to Paris, the girl is faced with the abundance of her mother to engage in a family craft - to become a courtesan. To avoid this fate, Sarah is trying to make a career on the comedy Frances, but her unusual style of playing for her time leads to scandalous dismissal. Having lost his job, nineteen -year -old Sarah is forced to obey the will of the mother. However, everything suddenly changes when Sarah discovers that she is pregnant. She decides to leave the child and is without a penny in her pocket. After the unsuccessful search for work, Sarah unexpectedly receives an invitation to the Odeon Theater, where he wins the hearts of the audience with his game in innovative productions.

The subsequent return to the Comedy Francesa opens a new page in the life of Sarah Bernard. The outdated norms of acting, adopted in this theater, make her actively look for her own independent path. And contrary to everything, she becomes a famous actress, who received recognition not only in France, but throughout the world.

The novel “The Great Actress” is an exciting story about a woman whose unsurpassed talent and the rebellious spirit included her in the history of the theater Like Divine Sarah.

For the first time in Russian!