1997, ISBN: 9780521620284

Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is only a little rubbed at the high spots. No chips. No tears. No creases. Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with numerous photographs. List of chapter notes/references. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original cream-color boards, with a maroon cloth spine lettered in bright gold. From the publisher: "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." A volume from the Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama series.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 398pp., Cambridge University Press, 1997

2014, ISBN: 9780521620284

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. Many of the conventions of modern practice can be traced to Barrymore's performances: he was the first actor to bring the vocal and physical manner of a post-War gentleman to Shakespeare's tragic protagonists; he was the first to reinterpret time-honored roles in light of modern psychological theory. 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. Buch (fremdspr.) Michael A. Morrison gebundene Ausgabe, Cambridge University Press, 14.05.2014, Cambridge University Press, 2014

2014, ISBN: 9780521620284

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. Many of the conventions of modern practice can be traced to Barrymore's performances: he was the first actor to bring the vocal and physical manner of a post-War gentleman to Shakespeare's tragic protagonists; he was the first to reinterpret time-honored roles in light of modern psychological theory. 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. Buch (fremdspr.) gebundene Ausgabe, Cambridge University Press, 14.05.2014, Cambridge University Press, 2014

ISBN: 9780521620284

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 Books List_Books, [PU: Cambridge University Press]

1997, ISBN: 9780521620284

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Cambridge University Press]