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concluding that "a great performance like hers dissolves all criticism into praise, and the highest tribute of all is speechless admiration." She also played Nora in the United States (1897), Italy, Austria, Belgium, Greece, and the
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Italian count and diplomat, Demetrius Minotto, in 1890. They had a son, James Minotto (1891–1980). In 1903, she was hospitalized with "a severe nervous malady", attributed to marital difficulties, after rumors of his gambling debts and her affair with actor Harry Walden.
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Ibsen's Lively Art: A Performance Study of the Major Plays
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910:(June 2009), a blog post about Sorma, with photographs.
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