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
surface form: Violetta Valéry (stage role in La Traviata)
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 (novel)
surface form: 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
surface form: Alexandre Dumas fils
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 Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata"
surface form: 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 (novel)
surface form: 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)