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“The Astonishing Career Of Heinrich Conried”, William Grange
“The Astonishing Career Of Heinrich Conried”, William Grange
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
Heinrich Conried was the most significant actor-director-manager the German theatre in the United States ever produced. In a career that spanned over three decades in theatres from the Bowery to the Metropolitan Opera Company, few individuals–regardless of the language in which they worked–matched his remarkable achievements. Beginning as an actor and Oberspielleiter in 1878, Conried worked in various professional New York venues continuously until his untimely death in 1909, and during that time there were only five years in which he did not work exclusively in the German language–and those five years were the ones he ran the Metropolitan Opera.
Two Kings: An Account Of The Preparation And Performance Of The Role Of Edgar In William Shakespeare's King Lear, Ryan Kathman
Two Kings: An Account Of The Preparation And Performance Of The Role Of Edgar In William Shakespeare's King Lear, Ryan Kathman
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
This work is my graduate thesis documenting the creative process behind my performance of the role of Edgar in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 2009 production of King Lear by William Shakespeare. It is comprised of five sections including an introduction, pre-rehearsal research, rehearsal and performance journal, post-production responses and conclusion. The introduction outlines my impressions of Edgar and King Lear prior to researching or rehearsing the role. In my research section, I attempt to better understand Shakespeare, his play and the role of Edgar by studying the playwright’s life and the history of the character and play, while also making …
"Oskar Blumenthal And The Lessing Theater In Berlin, 1888-1904", William Grange Prof. Dr.
"Oskar Blumenthal And The Lessing Theater In Berlin, 1888-1904", William Grange Prof. Dr.
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
Oskar Blumenthal (1852-1917) was Berlin’s most feared theatre critic in the early years of the new German Reich. He had the audacity of referring to Goethe as “an egghead” who had no understanding of what made plays effective for audiences, and in other critiques he ridiculed Kleist, Hebbel, and other “important” playwrights—prompting an adversary publicly to call him a “one-man lynch mob.” In the 1880s Blumenthal himself began writing plays, and he was so successful that many self-appointed cultural guardians accused him of damaging the German theatre beyond repair. His became the most frequently performed plays on any German stage …
Rev. Of Theatre Under The Nazis, Ed. John London., William Grange
Rev. Of Theatre Under The Nazis, Ed. John London., William Grange
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
John London’s edition of six essays attempts no comprehensive estimation of theatre under the Nazis as one might assume from the title, but rather provides six valuable windows through which one may glimpse sometimes startling illustrations of how political forces can easily overcome and subdue artistic expression, exploit idealism for totalitarian purposes, and give the sheen of political correctness to cultural perversion.
Rev. Of Moissi: Triest, Berlin, New York: Eine Schauspielerlegende By Rüdiger Schaper. A Biography Of The Legendary Actor Alexander Moissi., William Grange
Rev. Of Moissi: Triest, Berlin, New York: Eine Schauspielerlegende By Rüdiger Schaper. A Biography Of The Legendary Actor Alexander Moissi., William Grange
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
Unlike most of the great German actors before him, Alexander Moissi was not a native German speaker. He was born in Albania and grew up speaking Greek and Italian--yet he had a forty-year career in German that earned him millions of dollars in performances all over the world. In none of those performances did Moissi lose the Mediterranean inflections in the language of Goethe and Schiller. But that did not diminish his stature; it enhanced it.
Rev. Of Wallensteins Tod By Friedrich Schiller, Staged At The Deutsches Theater Berlin (German Democratic Republic) 1979., William Grange
Rev. Of Wallensteins Tod By Friedrich Schiller, Staged At The Deutsches Theater Berlin (German Democratic Republic) 1979., William Grange
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
Friedo Solter's production of Wallenstein's Death by Friedrich Schiller, with Eberhard Esche in the title role.
Rev. Of Der Rote Hahn By Gerhart Hauptmann, Staged At The Schiller Theater In West Berlin In 1979., William Grange
Rev. Of Der Rote Hahn By Gerhart Hauptmann, Staged At The Schiller Theater In West Berlin In 1979., William Grange
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
Boleslaw Barlog's production of The Red Rooster by Gerhart Hauptmann, featuring well known actor Carl Raddatz.