Sarah Bernhardt
When Charles II, King of old,
Signed the decree
To let women on the stage
He wouldn't have dreamt
One to play male characters!
She was the greatest
Not in beauty,
The truth be known,
She was over the hill
As the saying goes
She was eccentric
Kept exotic pets
Slept in a coffin
Posed nude for Nadar
She was the great seductrice
Loved with passion
Men duelled for her
She loved women too
She loved acting
Did it stop her to play Hamlet ?
She found his feminine side
Or so she proclaimed
Adding that no man could do it
For a boy of twenty
Can't comprehend his philosophy
And and older man
Does not have the looks
Nor the adaptability of a woman
As she thought about theatre
"No female character has opened up
A filed so large for the exploration
Of sensations and sorrows"
When Hamlet was exhausted
She took on L'Aiglon, then Werther
For she acted with passion.
Lucette C. Bailliet
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