Sarah Bernhardt (Lucky Luke)

Lucky Luke
Sarah Bernhardt'
Date 1981
Series Lucky Luke
Publisher Dargaud
Creative team
Writers Xavier Fauche and Jean Léturgie
Morris
Artists Morris
Original publication
Date of publication 1982
Language French
Chronology
Preceded by La Corde du pendu (1981)
Followed by Daisy Town, (1982)

Sarah Bernhardt is a Lucky Luke adventure written by Xavier Fauche and Jean Léturgie and illustrated by Morris.[1] It was the first Lucky Luke story by these script writers after René Goscinny's death. It was originally published in French in the year 1982. The plot features real-life legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt.[2][3]

Plot

In 1880 world-famous French theatrical actress Sarah Bernhardt plans a visit to the United States. U.S. President Rutherford Hayes asks Lucky Luke to protect her during her tour...

Historical background

Bernhardt indeed visited the United States in 1880.[4] The story that certain preachers warned people for her debauchery is also authentic, as is the plot element were Bernhardt posed on top of a dead whale in Boston to have her picture taken.[5][6][7] All throughout the story Bernhardt quotes the first lines from the poem Le Vase Brisé (The Broken Vase) by Sully Prudhomme.

Adaptations

The story was also adapted as an episode of the animated series Lucky Luke, but instead of Bernhardt she was referred to as a general singer and actress.

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.bangbangluckyluke.com/albums/detail_album.php?no_album=50
  2. ↑ https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-Lucky-Luke-Tome-50-Sarah-Bernhardt-32375.html
  3. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morris.htm
  4. ↑ McArthur, Benjamin (1984). Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920., p. 130.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Benjamin (1984). Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920., p. 130.
  6. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME18870211.2.8
  7. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=_nXAx2NmdtMC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Sarah+Bernhardt+whale&source=bl&ots=84_IYRcfhD&sig=Pzb5pgvEco81Ans9C1de0wWBbUE&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz_KSEvITZAhXFLMAKHS4JAFcQ6AEIYTAM#v=onepage&q=Sarah%20Bernhardt%20whale&f=false
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