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Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Title
Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville
Additional title: Sarah Bernhardt in Vaudeville
Names
Russell & Morgan Printing Company (Printer)
U.S. Lithograph Co. (Lithographer)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Division posters

Theatre (MWEZ+++)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1912
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MWEZ+++ n.c. 17427 (Bernhardt Beck)
Topics
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
Beck, Martin, 1868?-1940
Bernhardt, Maurice. Nuit de Noël, sous la terreur
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Camille
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Theodora
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Lucrèce Borgia
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Phèdre
Genres
Posters
Theatrical posters
Notes
Content: Forms part of the Townsend Walsh collection.
Statement of responsibility: [Signed on stone] G.W. Peter[s?]
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 1 poster (3 sheets) : lithograph, color, mounted on linen; 41.5 x 84 inches
Description
Poster promoting Martin Beck's 1912-1913 touring presentation of actor Sarah Bernhardt and her theatrical company performing excerpts from La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, and One Christmas Night (Une nuit de Noël, sous la terreur)
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22274644
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.PERF42
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b3ce9e50-ffc6-012f-dfa4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1912: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b28bede-629c-8f6b-e040-e00a180674e8

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 8, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b28bede-629c-8f6b-e040-e00a180674e8

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b28bede-629c-8f6b-e040-e00a180674e8

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b28bede-629c-8f6b-e040-e00a180674e8 | title= (still image) Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville, (1912)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 8, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Sarah Bernhardt and Company playing a repertoire of La Tosca, Camille, Theodora, Lucrèce Borgia, Phèdre, One Christmas Night in Vaudeville