Светлой Рамяти Великой Ермоловой народной артистки ресрублики 1853-1928 [= In Loving Memory of the Great Yermolova, People's Artist of the Republic]

Moscow: Russian Theater Society, N.d. [1928]. Octavo (23cm). Bifolium, with cover portrait and 2pp text within a black border; final page blank but for imprint. Slightly toned; trivial wear at corners; Very Good or better. Text entirely in Russian cyrillic.

A memorial tribute to the legendary Russian actor Maria Yermolova, likely (from context) printed to be handed out at her funeral. The text, within a black mourning border, states: "...The lamp that long and brightly illuminated and warmed the lives of entire generations has gone out, and today what contained this dazzling light will be buried in the ground. May this land be a comfort for (truncated) the one who devoted all her great soul, her incomparable art to the service of her people..." [translation ours with, assistance from Goole Translate]. Signed in type below text by V.I. Gradov, as secretary of the Russian Theatre Society.

Yermolova (1853-1928) is considered one of the greatest performers in the history of the Russian stage. In 1921, she became the first performing artist to be named "People's Artist of the Republic," the USSR's highest honor for artistic achievement. Not separately catalogued under subject or title in OCLC. (Inventory #: 82025)