In case what you really needed to see today were some photos of Alla Nazimova as Mrs. Alving in Ghosts. ImageImageImage
Or in The Cherry Orchard, A Doll's House, or Hedda Gabler. ImageImageImage
I seem to be free-associating Lesbians Who Have Played Hedda. ImageImageImage
I've always recalled Pauline Kael's comment about Leslie Caron's caricature of a Nazimova in Valentino as "Look, I saw Nazimova onstage in Ghosts, and she was amazing, and who the fuck does Ken Russell think he is," but that's probably not quite what she said.
Well, I was in the neighborhood:

"Russell turns the great Alla Nazimova (Leslie Caron) into nothing more than a cheap, vengeful, blackmailing bitch."
[That's Le Gallienne with Joseph Schildkraut in Liliom, as the White Queen, and indeed as Hedda.]
Mrs. Fiske (not, AFAIK, a lesbian) as Hedda! ImageImage
The reason the gent on the left looks like George Arliss is because he's George Arliss.

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What's the most visceral collective audience response you've ever experienced in a theater?
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The laughter stopped the show for at least three full minutes, and as the audience quieted down someone let out a late guffaw and IT STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN.
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