A new biography, the first in two decades, of the legendary actress who inspired Anton
Chekhov, popularized Henrik Ibsen, and spurred Stanislavski to create a new theory of …

On May 5, 1921, Eleanora Duse presented her second debut, performing the part of Ellida in
Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea at the Teatro Balbo in Turin. Her re-appearance at sixty-three …

HE Commands, with which You honour'd me fome Months ago, are now perform'd: They had
been fooner; but betwixt ill Health, fome Business, and many Troubles, I was forc'd to deferr …

THOMSON'S Writings in general are so replete with moral and religious instruction, as well
as sentiment and poetry, that they ought, surely, to be as familiar to the ear of those who …

N former Times, when fierce religious Rage, And priefly Sway deform'd each fuffering Age,
All manly Wit, all ufeful Learning lay In Darkness loft, nor hop'd returning Day. Religion then …

Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), international star, national treasure, and patriotic Italian died in
Pittsburgh in April 1924. Those involved in the memorializing process contended for control …

Various attempts have been made, over the years, to assess the character of Dido, and
explain her presence in, and extraordinary influence on, the Aeneid. Some critics have seen …

The volume is the result of the discovery of Eleonora Duse's books in Cambridge by Anna
Sica (now De Domenico Sica). It is written in English and includes a contribution by Alison …

In laying out the plot of the Aeneid there were certain features to which Virgil was committed.
They were connected with plot, treatment, and theme. As to plot: the outlines of Aeneas' …