John Barrymore, Shakespearean ActorJohn 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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... Hamlet 5. E. H. Sothern as Hamlet 8 9 10 11 21 6. Robert B. Mantell as Richard III 7. Walter Hampden as Hamlet 9. Maurice Barrymore as Orlando 10. John Drew as Petruchio 11. John Barrymore , c . 1909 12. Edward Sheldon 13. Arthur ...
... Hamlet 5. E. H. Sothern as Hamlet 8 9 10 11 21 6. Robert B. Mantell as Richard III 7. Walter Hampden as Hamlet 9. Maurice Barrymore as Orlando 10. John Drew as Petruchio 11. John Barrymore , c . 1909 12. Edward Sheldon 13. Arthur ...
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... Hamlet , First Clown ( Ben Field ) , and Second Clown ( Michael Martin - Harvey ) 36. The duel with Laertes ( Sidney Mather ) 37. The Captains bear Hamlet's body from the stage in the 1925 London production 38. The visit of the Moscow ...
... Hamlet , First Clown ( Ben Field ) , and Second Clown ( Michael Martin - Harvey ) 36. The duel with Laertes ( Sidney Mather ) 37. The Captains bear Hamlet's body from the stage in the 1925 London production 38. The visit of the Moscow ...
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... Hamlet at the Lyceum in October 1874 to extraordinary critical acclaim and played for 200 per- formances . His Hamlet , noted for its haunted quality and absence of tradi- tional " points , " had last been seen in America during the ...
... Hamlet at the Lyceum in October 1874 to extraordinary critical acclaim and played for 200 per- formances . His Hamlet , noted for its haunted quality and absence of tradi- tional " points , " had last been seen in America during the ...
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Contents
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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