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Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt
The 19th-century actress Sarah Bernhardt was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch-born Parisian courtesan. This picture shows her in the title role of Théodora, written for her by the French dramatist Victorien Sardou. The play tells the story of the Byzantine empress Theodora (c. 508-548), wife of Emperor Justinian I.
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