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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... Look here , W. W. , " said Rodway , " this isn't quite the game , is it ? I mean to say , four supers and two pans of red fire for the Battle of Waterloo " " Quite right , my boy , quite right , " rumbled Kelly . " Jones , set off a ...
... Look here , W. W. , " said Rodway , " this isn't quite the game , is it ? I mean to say , four supers and two pans of red fire for the Battle of Waterloo " " Quite right , my boy , quite right , " rumbled Kelly . " Jones , set off a ...
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... look as Infant Time got to work on them with his box of paints . What trick is this that turns our most fearless ... looks back in a farewell which stirs in us an uncomfortable sentimentality — the word to excite this became " Victorian ...
... look as Infant Time got to work on them with his box of paints . What trick is this that turns our most fearless ... looks back in a farewell which stirs in us an uncomfortable sentimentality — the word to excite this became " Victorian ...
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... looks , voice and manner was Henry Ainley . At Leeds he presented himself before Benson , and was accepted because he was a bank clerk and somebody had to look after the accounts . At rehearsals for Henry V at the Lyceum he was told to ...
... looks , voice and manner was Henry Ainley . At Leeds he presented himself before Benson , and was accepted because he was a bank clerk and somebody had to look after the accounts . At rehearsals for Henry V at the Lyceum he was told to ...
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The Only Way Poster by John Hassall R I Frontispiece | 10 |
A Memory By D L Murray Page | 11 |
Portrait of an Idealist | 19 |
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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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