Modjeska

[ maw-jes-kuh ]

noun

He·le·na [huh-ley-nuh], /həˈleɪ nə/, Helena Opid Modrzejewska, 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.

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Evacuation orders are in effect for Modjeska, Silverado, and Williams Canyons.
Storm slams Southern California as Central U.S. faces dangerous winds, wildfire threat | Rebecca Falconer | December 15, 2021 | Axios
There was always something very odd to me about Helena Modjeska.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise Kellogg
Madame Modjeska has put it at my disposal, and Lynch and you must help me bear the responsibility thereof.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
Night after night, when Modjeska played Camille, Field would occupy a front seat or a box.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
But in her work she has no soul; she lacks the sensitive sweet lure of Duse, the serene and starlit poetry of Modjeska.
The Theory of the Theatre | Clayton Hamilton

Each one of us reveals his temperamental bias in the upholding of Bernhardt's or Duse's or Modjeska's respective readings.
Iconoclasts | James Huneker

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