Starring Madame Modjeska

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In 1876, Poland's leading actress, Helena Modrzejewska, accompanied byfamily and friends, emigrated to southern California to establish a utopian communethat soon failed. Within a year Modrzejewska made her debut in the title role ofAdrienne Lecouvreur at San Francisco's California Theatre. She changed her name toModjeska and quickly became a leading star on the American stage, where she reignedfor the next 30 years. During this time, she established herself as America's mostesteemed Shakespearean actress, playing opposite such celebrated actors as EdwinBooth and Maurice Barrymore. Starring Madame Modjeska traces Modjeska's fabulouslife and career from her illegitimate birth in Krakow, to her successivereinventions of herself as a star in both Poland and America, and finally to herenduring legacy.