John Barrymore, Shakespearean ActorCambridge University Press, 1997 - 398 páginas John Barrymore's Richard III and Hamlet, first seen in New York during the 1919-20 and 1922-23 seasons, stand as high-water marks of twentieth-century Shakespearean interpretation. Michael Morrison reconstructs these historic performances through analysis of the production preparation, audience response, reviews, and memoirs. Tracing the Victorian and Edwardian antecedents of Shakespearean performance, this book situates Barrymore's distinctive contribution in light of past and ensuing tradition. As well, it provides a biographical sketch of one of the most revered and tragic actors of the twentieth century. "This young artist, profiting by the lessons of tradition...casts it boldly aside and emerges into the rarefied atmosphere of a new art, greater because it is new, stronger because it is built upon an old foundation." Brooklyn Times, March 9, 1920 |
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... continued to flourish for a time , a result , in part , of the directorial talent of Augustin Daly , America's first great regisseur , whose opulent revivals in the 1880s and 1890s were among the most fashionable and glamorous ...
... continued to flourish for a time , a result , in part , of the directorial talent of Augustin Daly , America's first great regisseur , whose opulent revivals in the 1880s and 1890s were among the most fashionable and glamorous ...
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... continued his crusade through the 1900s and beyond , and the early years of the century saw the increased utilization of his methods on the professional stage . English companies led by Frank Benson and Ben Greet began to feature fuller ...
... continued his crusade through the 1900s and beyond , and the early years of the century saw the increased utilization of his methods on the professional stage . English companies led by Frank Benson and Ben Greet began to feature fuller ...
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... continued to affect the work of Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Repertory Company and the productions of W. Bridges - Adams at Stratford- upon - Avon . During this same period of foment , Shakespearean acting and production in America ...
... continued to affect the work of Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Repertory Company and the productions of W. Bridges - Adams at Stratford- upon - Avon . During this same period of foment , Shakespearean acting and production in America ...
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... continued to lose ground , as audiences turned instead to romantic comedies , society dramas , and fashionable " entertainments . " Although Shakespeare remained a presence in the American theatre , the first decade of the twentieth ...
... continued to lose ground , as audiences turned instead to romantic comedies , society dramas , and fashionable " entertainments . " Although Shakespeare remained a presence in the American theatre , the first decade of the twentieth ...
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... continued , “ speech and utterance were of more importance than action and the progress of events . " He added , however , that modern audiences did not want the stage to be “ a platform for the speaker ” but rather “ a picture book ...
... continued , “ speech and utterance were of more importance than action and the progress of events . " He added , however , that modern audiences did not want the stage to be “ a platform for the speaker ” but rather “ a picture book ...
Índice
The Education of an Actor 18821919 | 32 |
The Productions | 67 |
Richard III 1920 | 69 |
Hamlet 19221924 | 122 |
The London Hamlet 1925 | 242 |
Aftermath | 261 |
Shakespeare in Hollywood 19251942 | 263 |
Epilogue | 299 |
Appendixes | 307 |
The Casts | 309 |
The Texts | 323 |
Notes | 331 |
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