{"product_id":"starring-madame-modjeska-on-tour-in-poland-and-america-9780253356642","title":"Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1876, Poland's leading actress, Helena Modrzejewska, accompanied by family and friends, emigrated to southern California to establish a utopian commune that soon failed. Within a year Modrzejewska made her debut in the title role of \u003ci\u003eAdrienne Lecouvreur\u003c\/i\u003e at San Francisco's California Theatre. She changed her name to Modjeska and quickly became a leading star on the American stage, where she reigned for the next 30 years. During this time, she established herself as America's most esteemed Shakespearean actress, playing opposite such celebrated actors as Edwin Booth and Maurice Barrymore. \u003ci\u003eStarring Madame Modjeska\u003c\/i\u003e traces Modjeska's fabulous life and career from her illegitimate birth in Krakow, to her successive reinventions of herself as a star in both Poland and America, and finally to her enduring legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeth Holmgren is Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies and Theater Studies at Duke University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eWomen's Works in Stalin's Time \u003c\/i\u003e(IUP, 1993), editor (with Helena Goscilo) of \u003ci\u003ePoles Apart: Women in Modern Polish Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRussia - Women - Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 1996), and translator and editor (with Helena Goscilo) of \u003ci\u003eThe Keys to Happiness by Anastasya Verbitskaya\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844196700434,"sku":"9780253356642","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f46ae0f-ee07-4c12-90ca-fc9eb1e2e95e.jpg?v=1737313826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/starring-madame-modjeska-on-tour-in-poland-and-america-9780253356642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}