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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... soon came to affect their widespread popularity . Audiences , comprised increasingly of the burgeoning middle class , demanded less " challenging " fare : To a new generation of play- goers , raised on ephemeral comedies , melodramas ...
... soon came to affect their widespread popularity . Audiences , comprised increasingly of the burgeoning middle class , demanded less " challenging " fare : To a new generation of play- goers , raised on ephemeral comedies , melodramas ...
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... soon came to be known as the Syndicate - an orga- nization that would determine the workings of the American theatre for the next two decades . In August of that year , the producer Charles Frohman , along with Al Hayman , Mark Klaw ...
... soon came to be known as the Syndicate - an orga- nization that would determine the workings of the American theatre for the next two decades . In August of that year , the producer Charles Frohman , along with Al Hayman , Mark Klaw ...
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... soon established itself as the " official home " of Shakespeare in London . These de- velopments served to curtail the growing spirit of innovation and change . Away from London , however , in the provinces , the influence of Poel ...
... soon established itself as the " official home " of Shakespeare in London . These de- velopments served to curtail the growing spirit of innovation and change . Away from London , however , in the provinces , the influence of Poel ...
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... soon after the couple emerged from retirement . " It is indeed remarkable that with such a really lim- ited number of notes in his voice that he is able to act long didactic roles with the effect that he does . " 21 Nevertheless , to a ...
... soon after the couple emerged from retirement . " It is indeed remarkable that with such a really lim- ited number of notes in his voice that he is able to act long didactic roles with the effect that he does . " 21 Nevertheless , to a ...
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... soon began to attract a broader segment of the pub- lic . The enthusiastic support of the trend - setting carriage trade contributed much to their success . " The Bard has become fashionable , " wrote Ada Patter- son , soon after ...
... soon began to attract a broader segment of the pub- lic . The enthusiastic support of the trend - setting carriage trade contributed much to their success . " The Bard has become fashionable , " wrote Ada Patter- son , soon after ...
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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