Washington County News | 1927-12-29 | Page 6 | Great Emotional Role Long without Friends

Great Emotional Role Long Without Friends The role that is now considered by most actresses to he the world's greatest great-est emotional part Camille once went begging for some one to play it, I points out a noted actress In an article ar-ticle in Liberty. "When it was first written the part was refused by every actress in Paris," the writer explains. "Then, after it had gone begging for months, It was picked up and plnyed by Madame Eugenie Doche, who needed need-ed a part very badly because she had been 111 and off the stage for a long I time. So Madame Doche goes down In history as the first to play Camille. "Since then," the writer continues, "It is probably true that Camille has been played by more and greater actresses ac-tresses than any other role in the world. It was the part that won Sarah Bernhardt her first universal praise. Eleanora Puse played the part to cheers and fears, although quite differently. And there were so I many others Helena Modj-eska. Clara Morris, Rejane, Fanny Davenport, Nance O'Neill, Olga Nethersole, Margaret Mar-garet Anglin, Ethel Harrymore. No wonder that Camille has been called the world's greatest emotional role."