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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... audience that night were skeptical of Barrymore's ability to succeed . Although he had achieved noteworthy triumphs in dramatic roles beginning with his appear- ance in Galsworthy's Justice four years earlier , he was only half a decade ...
... audience that night were skeptical of Barrymore's ability to succeed . Although he had achieved noteworthy triumphs in dramatic roles beginning with his appear- ance in Galsworthy's Justice four years earlier , he was only half a decade ...
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... audiences and critics could look as a basis of comparison with Barrymore's portrayals ? What were the theatrical forces that influenced the work of Barrymore and his associates ? How did the general cultural environment affect the ...
... audiences and critics could look as a basis of comparison with Barrymore's portrayals ? What were the theatrical forces that influenced the work of Barrymore and his associates ? How did the general cultural environment affect the ...
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... audiences to Duchamp's Nude Descending a Stair- case , along with paintings by Cezanne , Matisse , Van Gogh , and Gauguin , Bran- cusi's sculptures , and works by American post - Impressionists ; Nijinsky toured America twice during the ...
... audiences to Duchamp's Nude Descending a Stair- case , along with paintings by Cezanne , Matisse , Van Gogh , and Gauguin , Bran- cusi's sculptures , and works by American post - Impressionists ; Nijinsky toured America twice during the ...
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... audience were the perfor- mances of Henry Irving , who opened his first London 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 ...
... audience were the perfor- mances of Henry Irving , who opened his first London 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 ...
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... audiences . Nineteenth - century Americans prized oratorical eloquence ; Shakespearean passages were taught as rhetoric and elocution at public schools across the country , becoming part of a shared national culture . The heroic style ...
... audiences . Nineteenth - century Americans prized oratorical eloquence ; Shakespearean passages were taught as rhetoric and elocution at public schools across the country , becoming part of a shared national culture . The heroic style ...
Contenido
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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