Are there any recordings of (the great actress) Katharine Cornell apart from her recitals of poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
Her voice and her command of that voice are things of wonder.
It seems wrong - I can’t think of how to put it - that so little remains.
#KatharineCornell #greatactors #ElizabethBarrettBrowning #poetry #theatre #America #20thCActors
Reading ‘Ned’s Girl’, Bryan Forbes’ biography (published in 1977) of Edith Evans. A great actor who lived an interesting life but the writing style is tortuous.
For example - lifted almost at random from the page I’m on right now:
‘It cannot be denied that her own far-distant Orlando thought of her ‘always as perfection’ …’
or
‘I am not suggesting that Edith’s art was lifted straight from the pages of her own life - that would be insulting to her - but I can substantiate my supposition with her own words.’
#EdithEvans #BryanForbes #britishtheatre #theatre #greatactors #biography
When it comes to legendary performances, some actors become so intertwined with their characters that imagining anyone else in the role feels unthinkable. Recently, someone on Reddit asked, “What is a role that an actor did so well that nobody...
Oh no! Not Glenda Jackson!
And after her amazing return to acting.
I saw her as King Lear and I will never forget it. The power she had! And to think she'd been away from the stage (from acting) for a quarter of a century.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692
#RIP #GlendaJackson #GreatActors #Theatre #UK #KingLear #Wirral
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