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Agnes Sorma
Agnes Sorma (c. 1862 – 10 February 1927), born Agnes Maria Caroline Zaremba, was a German actress best known for originating the playing the role of Nora in ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen. Some sources give 1865 as her year of birth. Early life Agnes Maria Caroline Zaremba was born in Wrocław, Breslau, Province of Silesia, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland). A street in Breslau was once named ''Agnes-Sorma-Straße'' in her honour, but when the city was transferred to Poland after World War II, the street was renamed to Ulica Heleny Modrzejewskiej after Sorma's near-contemporary, the Polish actress Helena Modjeska. Career In 1884, having performed in regional theatres, Sorma was invited to join the Deutsches Theater (Berlin), Deutsches Theater in Berlin, as a Character actor, character actress. Sorma, for whom the part was written, was perhaps best known for playing Nora in Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House,'' beginning in 1894. She played Nora in Paris in 1899, where a cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Baltic Sea to the north and from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 672,929, with a total of 1.25 million residing in the metropolitan area, making it the third largest city in Poland. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories, the result of extensive border changes and expulsions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
