The divine : a play for Sarah Bernhardt / Michel Marc Bouchard ; translated by Linda Gaboriau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouchard, Michel Marc, 1958-

Contributor:

Gaboriau, Linda, translator.

Standardized Title:

Divine illusion. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923--Drama.

Bernhardt, Sarah.

Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

142 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Talonbooks, 2015.

Summary:

"Quebec City, 1905. Two priests-in-training are ordered to deliver a letter to a controversial visitor to their city: legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt. Michaud, the son of the province minister of finance, loves theatre. Talbot, on the other hand, has arrived at the seminary on the very day of Bernhardt arrival in town; he comes from a family struggling with poverty and clearly has more pressing concerns. The two are charged with telling the 'Divine Sarah' that she is not welcome by the Catholic Church, on the grounds that she has decided to perform Adrienne Lecovreur--a play that 'sings the praises of adulterous love' and 'ridicules a man of the cloth portrayed as a plotting habitué of Parisian salons.' And so the stage is set for a battle for the hearts and minds of Quebeckers through these two seminarians: the powerful Catholic Church on one side, and the power of the divine Sarah Bernhardt--and the world of the theatre--on the other. As the young men become involved in her world, their lives are forever changed."--Back cover.

Notes:

Translation of: La divine illusion : une pièce pour Sarah Bernhardt.

A play.

Other Format:

Bouchard, Michel Marc, 1958- Divine illusion. English Divine.

ISBN:

9780889229587

0889229589

OCLC:

910394432

Publisher Number:

99993229304