| John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor Contributor(s): Morrison, Michael A. (Author), Wilmeth, Don B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521620287 ISBN-13: 9780521620284 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: John Barrymore was an original, capable of electrifying audiences with the subtle force and brilliance of his acting. His dynamic portrayals and the groundbreaking innovations of his production team, the director Arthur Hopkins and the designer Robert Edmond Jones, helped revitalize Shakespearean acting and production in America and Great Britain and changed the direction of subsequent revivals. In this meticulously researched and richly illustrated book, Michael A. Morrison draws upon newly uncovered sources and firsthand interviews with witnesses who knew the actor or saw him perform. Barrymore's historic performances are brought to life through accounts of the preparations, the productions themselves, and the responses of audiences and critics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97012183 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.34" W x 9.45" (1.78 lbs) 418 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |