DUSE, ELEANORA (1859 )

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DUSE, ELEANORA (1859 ) , Italian actress, was born at Vigevano of a family of actors, and made her first stage

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

at a very early age. The hardships incident to touring with travelling companies unfavourably affected her health, but by 1885 she was recognized at

home

as Italy's greatest actress, and this verdict was confirmed by that of all the leading cities of Europe and America. In 1893 she made her first appearances in New

York

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and in London. For some years she was closelyassociated with the romanticist Gabriele d' Annunzio, and several of his plays, notably La Cittd morta (1898) and Francesca da Rimini (1901), provided her with important parts. But some of her

great

GREAT

successes during the 'eighties and early 'ninetiesthe days of her

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

triumphswere in Italian versions of such plays as La Dame aux camelias, in which Sarah Bernhardt was already famous; and Madame

Duse

DUSE, ELEANORA (1859– )

's reputation as an actress was founded less on her " creations " than on her magnificent individuality. In contrast to the

great

GREAT

French actress she avoided all " make-up "; her art depended on intense naturalness rather than stage effect, sympathetic force and poignant intellectuality rather than the theatrical emotionalism of the French tradition. Her dramatic genius gave a new reading to the parts, and during these years the admirers of the two leading actresses of Europe practically constituted two rival schools of appreciation. I11-health kept Madame

Duse

DUSE, ELEANORA (1859– )

off the stage for some time; but though, after 'goo, it was no longer possible for her to avoid " make-up," her rank among the great actresses of history remained indisputable.
See also a biography by-L. Rasi (19oi); A. Symons, Studies in Seven Arts (1906).

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