The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

Sarah secured a contract at the Théâtre de L’Odéon where Sarah Bernhardt began performing in 1866. 1911: La Dame aux Camélias (Lady of the Camelias – Camille in the U. She even traveled to Cuba and performed in the Sauto Theater in Matanzas in 1887.

ʁa bɛʁ. nɑʁt]; c. Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas.