NEW YORK—There’s no doubt Janet McTeer would do a brilliant job of playing the title role in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Her playing Sarah Bernhardt playing Hamlet is another matter.
The hodgepodge that is “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” the new Broadway play by Theresa Rebeck, delves into real theater history. It is 1897, and actress Sarah Bernhardt (McTeer), also known as “The Divine Sarah,” is an international sensation.
