The Last Romantic: The Authorised Biography of Sir John Martin-HarveyHutchinson, 1948 - 270 páginas This biography presents a portrait of the "last romantic" and one of the last of the great English actor-managers. A chance visit to a London theatre while he was apprenticed in his father's shipwright business persuaded Harvey to train as an actor. He joined Irving's Lyceum Theatre in 1882 and stayed for fourteen years. After a period as a freelance actor, he ventured into management in February 1899 with The Only Way, an adaptation of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities that proved a phenomenal success, registering over 5000 performances over forty years and guaranteeing Harvey's financial security. During his career he managed the Lyceum, the Prince of Wales's, the Court, the Royalty, and the Apollo theaters, and Covent Garden. Although costumed romance and melodrama were the bedrock of Harvey's repertoire, one of his finest performances was in 1912 as the protagonist in Max Reinhardt's London production of Oedipus Rex, and he frequently produced Shakespeare, including Hamlet (1904), Richard III (1910), and The Taming of the Shrew (1913). An early supporter of a scheme for establishment of a national theatre, he was knighted in 1921. |
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... gave such delicate aid in pictorial productions like Via Crucis or the beautiful modern drawing - room in If Only Father ... or the organizing power that perfected every detail of the beautiful homes in which his life was passed ? Or ...
... gave such delicate aid in pictorial productions like Via Crucis or the beautiful modern drawing - room in If Only Father ... or the organizing power that perfected every detail of the beautiful homes in which his life was passed ? Or ...
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... gave the popular imagination free play in its choice of Napoleons- English , Irish , Scots or Welsh , tall or short , fat or thin , lightweight or heavyweight . To the London playgoer the whole performance was a magic carpet back to the ...
... gave the popular imagination free play in its choice of Napoleons- English , Irish , Scots or Welsh , tall or short , fat or thin , lightweight or heavyweight . To the London playgoer the whole performance was a magic carpet back to the ...
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... gave one knock and the curtain descended . He did so for the last time in London at Drury Lane in the May of 1905 . As Shylock at the Garrick that October , Bourchier gave two knocks . Tree at His Majesty's in 1908 gave three , and then ...
... gave one knock and the curtain descended . He did so for the last time in London at Drury Lane in the May of 1905 . As Shylock at the Garrick that October , Bourchier gave two knocks . Tree at His Majesty's in 1908 gave three , and then ...
Contenido
A Memory By D L Murray | 11 |
Portrait of an Idealist | 19 |
BOOK I | 29 |
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The Last Romantic: The Authorised Biography of Sir John Martin-Harvey Maurice Willson Disher Vista de fragmentos - 1948 |
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