Gismonda

Gismonda
Alphonse Mucha poster for Gismonda
starring Sarah Bernhardt (1894)
Written byVictorien Sardou
CharactersGismonda
Marcello Almerio
Zaccaria Franco Acciaiuoli
Leonardo De Tocco
Gregoras Drakos
Agnello Acciaiuoli
Francesco
Leonarda
Date premieredOctober 31, 1894 (1894-10-31)
Place premieredThéâtre de la Renaissance, Paris
Original languageFrench
GenreMelodrama
Setting15th Century Athens during Florentine rule

Gismonda is a Greek-set melodrama in four acts by Victorien Sardou that premiered on October 31, 1894 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance. In 1918, the play was adapted for the now lost film Love's Conquest. In 1918/1919, it was adapted into the opera Gismonda by Henry Février.

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