Sarah Bernhardt Comes to Town
by Anton Chekhov
Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts and Moving Theater, performance by Vanessa and Rachel Redgrave, May 1998
Two English actresses and a Russian author are the ingredients of a new recital named after a famed French performer, due to arrive at New York’s Symphony Space May 13. The evening, titled Sarah Bernhardt Comes to Town, features Vanessa Redgrave and her real-life mother, Rachel Redgrave, reading from several newly discovered stories by Anton Chekhov.