Romeo and Juliet
1936
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John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year.
Jan 15, 2009 · On 24 January 1925 Barrymore presented Harrison with a cheque for £3,300 to cover six weeks rent at £550 per week. This sum represented a tidy profit for Harrison, whose lease stipulated a weekly rent of £167 10s 6d (production account books, Haymarket Theatre Archive, London). 16.
Jul 29, 2014 · JOHN BARRYMORE (Broadway, 1922; London, 1925) Barrymore, then in his early 40s, forged the template for the 20th-century Hamlet. “The all-important spark of genius was there,” The Times’s ...
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Apr 26, 2019 · Folger Shakespeare Library. John Barrymore is sometimes passed over in the lists of great Shakespeare actors. He was a light comedian and matinee idol who made a serious bid for respect with Broadway productions of Richard III in 1920 and Hamlet in 1922. His commercial and artistic success in both title roles, while not uncriticized, was ...
Apr 1, 1997 · By the 1940s, Jackson tells us, Barrymore was scrambling to pay his debts to four ex-wives and other creditors, and performing in roles that relied heavily on self-mockery. But he maintained his ...
