Shakespeare References in Man In Furs

Man In Furs is a graphic novel depicting the life of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, a writer known mostly for Venus In Furs. This book contains references to Hamlet. Wanda Von Sacher-Masoch attends a party, though not invited. She approaches Monsieur Mounet-Sully, and says to him, “I had the pleasure of seeing you in Hamlet at The Comedie-Francaise” (p. 96). He replies, “Ah, that year I was in competition with another Hamlet, that insipid Philippe Garnier” (p. 96). The man turns his back on Wanda and remarks to another man, “But he had Sarah Bernhardt for an Ophelia!” (p. 96).

Man In Furs was written by Catherine Sauvat and Anne Simon, and was originally published in French. The English edition I read was published in November 2021.