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From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 21, 2003| Author: BARBARA FISHER | Copyright information

ELEONORA DUSE: A Biography By Helen Sheehy Knopf, 380 pp., illustrated, $32.50

Born into a theatrical family, Eleonora Duse was on the stage at 4 and starring in "Romeo and Juliet" at 14. Her long career spanned 60 years and included tours of all of Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and North and South America. Wherever she went she was hailed as the incomparable "la Duse."

For most of her career, she not only starred in the plays, but also ran the company, planned the tours, c...

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