Vera Komissarževskaya meets Eleonora Duse. The “Joan of Arc of the Russian stage” and the “Divina” of Italian theatre
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian actress Vera Fyodorovna Komissarževskaya (27 October [8 November] 1864 – 10 [23] February 1910), the Centre for Study and Documentary Research into European Theatre and Opera, in collaboration with Tor Vergata University, Rome, has organised a conference with the aim of furthering knowledge about the celebrated Russian diva. The conference will also explore and compare the repertoire, artistic direction, stagecraft and social commitment of the “divine” Eleonora Duse and the world of her Russian counterpart, dubbed as the “little Duse” by critics in her day.
