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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... actor / Michael A. Morrison . p . cm . ( Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ) Includes bibliographical references . ISBN 0-521-62028-7 ( hb ) 1. Barrymore , John , 1882-1942 . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Stage ...
... actor / Michael A. Morrison . p . cm . ( Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ) Includes bibliographical references . ISBN 0-521-62028-7 ( hb ) 1. Barrymore , John , 1882-1942 . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Stage ...
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... acting of these characters and the innovations of his artistic associates within the broader context of nineteenth- and twentieth- century Shakespearean production . Biographical studies of the actor and his family have appeared ...
... acting of these characters and the innovations of his artistic associates within the broader context of nineteenth- and twentieth- century Shakespearean production . Biographical studies of the actor and his family have appeared ...
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... actor : Syndicate commercialism ; his friendship with the playwright Edward Sheldon , at whose urging he abandoned the ephemeral comedies in which he had won popular stardom ; and his early collaborations with Arthur Hopkins and Robert ...
... actor : Syndicate commercialism ; his friendship with the playwright Edward Sheldon , at whose urging he abandoned the ephemeral comedies in which he had won popular stardom ; and his early collaborations with Arthur Hopkins and Robert ...
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... actor whose performances merit fa- vorable comparison . Although Barrymore attempted only two Shakespearean roles on stage - far fewer than the number attempted by the theatrical " greats " of an earlier era and the eminent British actor ...
... actor whose performances merit fa- vorable comparison . Although Barrymore attempted only two Shakespearean roles on stage - far fewer than the number attempted by the theatrical " greats " of an earlier era and the eminent British actor ...
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... actors had kept before the public through the years of the First World War and beyond . Swept aside , too , were the ... actor , and to accounts of the Richard III and Hamlet productions , it will be helpful to set the stage , so to ...
... actors had kept before the public through the years of the First World War and beyond . Swept aside , too , were the ... actor , and to accounts of the Richard III and Hamlet productions , it will be helpful to set the stage , so to ...
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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