Helena Modjeska: US Theatrical Tours
From 1877-1907, Polish actress Helena Modjeska toured the United States and Canada. This project maps her historic career.
From 1877-1907, Polish actress Helena Modjeska toured the United States and Canada. This project maps her historic career.
Modjeska's twenty-first tour was her longest to date; she stopped in seventy-two cities (including seven she had never before patronized) in twenty US states, as well as Washington DC and Ontario. She debuted just one play: Antony and Cleopatra.
Modjeska's twenty-second tour carried her into the twentieth century; beginning September 1899 and ending March 1900, this tour included twenty US states, Manitoba and Ontario, and fifty-eight cities, including four where she had never before performed. On this tour, she debuted two productions: Marie Antoinette and The Ladies' Battle.
Modjeska's twenty-third tour was her longest to date; she made a whopping one hundred and two stops, visited twenty-seven states and three provinces, and played thirty cities where she had never before appeared.
For her twenty-fourth tour, Modjeska visited ninety-seven cities in twenty-six US states and three Canadian provinces. Though she did not debut any new performances, she did patronize eight never-before-attended cities.
Map researched and assembled by Taylor D. McCabe
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