The Theatre: Duse

She Has Played the Greatest Romances of Art and Life

Announcement was made that Duse is coming to America.

Eleanora Duse, Italian actress, is generally conceded a solitary niche of honor at the forefront of the players of the world. So amazing is her art that she will stand in shadowy greatness with Mrs. Siddons, David Garrick, Salvini, Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhardt. She plays only in Italian.

Born in a wagon among the musty properties of a band of strolling players on the outskirts of Venice, she grew to womanhood behind the flickering footlights...

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