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Fédora is a play by the French author Victorien Sardou. It opened at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 11 December 1882, [1] and ran for 135 performances. [2] The first production starred Sarah Bernhardt. [1] She wore a soft felt hat in that role which was soon a popular fashion for women; the hat became known as a fedora. [3]
The play was popular, and the hat "fedora" was named after it. He immediately asked Sardou for permission to base an opera on the play, and Sardou initially refused because, at the time, Giordano was a relatively unknown composer. Following the premiere of his 1894 Regina Diaz, Giordano's publisher, Edoardo Sonzogno, asked Sardou again. However ...
A fedora (/ f ə ˈ d ɔːr ə /) [1] is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" near the front on both sides. [ 3 ] Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, diamond crowns, center dents, and others, and the positioning of pinches can vary.
Fedora, a film by Billy Wilder; Fedora, an 1898 opera by Umberto Giordano; Fédora, an 1882 play by Victorien Sardou "Fedora" (short story), an 1895 short story by Kate Chopin; Fédora, one of writer Italo Calvino's fictional Invisible Cities; Fedora Tchecoff, a character from Une mort suspecte, a short story by Pierre Boulle
Victorien Sardou (/ s ɑːr ˈ d uː / sar-DOO, French: [viktɔʁjɛ̃ saʁdu]; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. [1] He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. [2]
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Fedora is a 1934 French drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Marie Bell, Ernest Ferny and Henri Bosc. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1882 play Fédora by Victorien Sardou. [2] It was distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Ménessier.
"Fedora" is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1895. The story was published under the title "The Falling in Love of Fedora" in The Criterion, a local St. Louis magazine, on February 20, 1897. The story centers on Fedora, a woman who becomes infatuated with Young Malthers and his sister, Miss Malthers.