La Dame aux Camélias (stage role)

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La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) is a celebrated theatrical portrayal of Marguerite Gautier in Alexandre Dumas fils’ romantic drama, famously interpreted by leading actresses such as Eleonora Duse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic role ⓘ
stage role ⓘ
theatrical role ⓘ
adaptedInto Violetta Valéry (stage role in La Traviata) ⓘ
linked to: Violetta Valéry
associatedWithActingLegacy Eleonora Duse’s naturalistic performance style ⓘ
Sarah Bernhardt’s grand theatrical style ⓘ
associatedWithTheatreMovement realism in theatre ⓘ
basedOnCharacter Marguerite Gautier ⓘ
basedOnPlay La Dame aux Camélias (play) ⓘ
basedOnWork La Dame aux Camélias (novel) ⓘ
character portrayal role in theatre production of a literary work theatrical role ⓘ
climacticElement death scene of Marguerite Gautier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Alexandre Dumas fils ⓘ
linked to: Alexandre Dumas
dramaticArc from glamorous courtesan to self-sacrificing lover ⓘ
dramaticFunction title role of the play La Dame aux Camélias ⓘ
firstPerformedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
genre melodrama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
influenced La Traviata (opera role of Violetta) ⓘ
influencedBy Alexandre Dumas fils’ personal relationship with Marie Duplessis ⓘ
languageOfOrigin French ⓘ
mainCharacterName Marguerite Gautier ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
notableInterpreter Eleonora Duse ⓘ
Ethel Barrymore ⓘ
Greta Garbo ⓘ
Isadora Duncan ⓘ
Lillian Gish ⓘ
Maria Callas ⓘ
Sarah Bernhardt ⓘ
Vera Komissarzhevskaya ⓘ
Yvonne Printemps ⓘ
performanceTradition central role in 19th- and early 20th-century repertory theatre ⓘ
star vehicle for leading actresses ⓘ
portraysHistoricalPeriod 19th-century Paris ⓘ
portraysOccupation courtesan ⓘ
portraysSocialMilieu Parisian high society ⓘ
relatedWork La Dame aux Camélias (novel) ⓘ
La Dame aux Camélias (play) ⓘ
requiresActingStyle high melodramatic expression ⓘ
intense emotional realism ⓘ
requiresPhysicality expressive gesture and movement ⓘ
requiresVocalQuality strong declamatory speaking voice ⓘ
theme redemption ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
social class ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
typicalCastingGender female ⓘ

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Eleonora Duse → notableWork → La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) ⓘ
Mariangela Melato → notableWork → The Lady of the Camellias (stage role) ⓘ
linked to: La Dame aux Camélias (stage role)