She specialized in modern realistic parts, particularly in the works of Frank Wedekind, opposite the author, as well the plays of Henrik Ibsen and Maeterlinck.

[2] In 1903, Eysoldt garnered widespread praise for her mesmerizing physical performances and her groundbreaking portrayal of some of the most controversial female characters in modern German theater.

One critic declared that as the title role in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Elektra [it], she "created a new type of acting art and also a new image of women on stage.

as well as the perverse, erotic, and vengeful lust of a scornful woman.”[4] She also starred in Strindberg's Rausch, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, and Gorky's The Lower Depths.

These female figures, the demons and witches of our time—this will turned woman, which modern man seems to fear—are the heroines of the young dramatists.