And that woman in the death throes refusing in tears to repudiate what she called her art gave evidence of a greatness that she never achieved behind the footlights.

• 那个女人在死亡的当口，包含着热泪，拒绝放弃她视之为艺术的东西，极力去证明一种她在舞台聚光灯后从未达到的伟大。