Last edited anonymously
May 14, 2010 | History
The scenic art: notes on acting and the drama, 1872-1901 8 editions
The scenic art
Henry James, Jr.
The scenic art
Close
About the Book
If this is, indeed, the book I read as a young actor back in the early 1960s, I remember it as a number of fascinating theatre reviews of plays and famous actors and actresses of the late 19th century. Fanny Kemble, ( he loved her ) Irving and Booth in Othello, alternating the roles of Othello and Iago ( a contrast in technique ) Sarah Bernhardt ( he hated her ) Elenora Duse ( He worshipped her ) and Thomaso Salvini ( the greatest of artists ) are included along with others I can no longer remember. The insights he had struck me as true. I came away feeling he was committed to the highest accomplishment that the drama and acting could attain, and despised cheap theatricality and the fireworks of personality.
Subjects
Times
Classifications
| Dewey | 792.04 |
Lists
Are you sure you want to remove The scenic art from your list?
8 editions First published in 1948
| Edition | Read | Borrow | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
History Created December 7, 2009 · 4 revisions
| May 14, 2010 | Edited by 69.231.212.251 | Edited without comment. |
| March 12, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | update details |
| January 30, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add more information to works |
| December 7, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | new work |