in a 1993 adaptation of robyn archer and rodney fischer's show "a star is torn" grethe kausland portrayed nine tragic female fates in popular music: bessie smith, helen morgan, judy garland, billie holiday, edith piaf, marie lloyd, marilyn monroe, dinah washington and janis joplin. a full evening one-woman-performance, first at "rogaland teater" (stavanger, 1993, 45 performances