Hal Holbrook retires one-man show 'Mark Twain Tonight'
Feb 4, 2021 16:12:08 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Feb 4, 2021 16:12:08 GMT
It's a bit difficult to see their faces, but this is apparently Barry Primus, Barbara Harris and Hal Holbrook in rehearsals for a play by Arthur Miller. It's a dynamic photograph taken during the early stages of the theatrical process.
Barry Primus and Barbara Harris rehearse scenes with Hal Holbrook for director Harold Clurman
Would love to know what play this is. "Incident at Vichy," maybe, but I don't remember a woman in the cast (though my memory isn't what it used to be). Clurman was a giant in American Theatre. I took a class with him once years ago. He was fascinating, passionate, and incredibly knowledgeable. Highly recommend two of his books, "On Directing," and "The Fervent years." The latter is about the seminal Group Theatre in the 1930s. He was one of its founders, along with Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg.
It's not one I'm familiar with; it's called 'The Creation Of The World And Other Business' (1972).
"Hal Holbrook and Barbara Harris, at left, the original Lucifer and Eve. Susan Batson, at right, who replaced Miss Harris, and in turn was replaced, below, by Zoe Caldwell, while George Grizzard played Lucifer.
Once they have been signed for a part, actors are able to whip themselves into spirals of enthusiasm for even the creakiest play. So imagine the euphoria that enfolded the nine players who were chosen last summer for the cast of Arthur Miller's “The Creation of the World and Other Business.”
“Doing this play was the zenith for almost all of us,” said Stephen Elliott, who plays. God, in his dressing room at the Shubert Theater a few days before last Thursday's opening.
“I said to myself, ‘An Arthur Miller play is a work of art,’ said Barry Primus, the Cain: of the cast. “When we first saw the script, every punctuation mark was sacred to us.”"
Once they have been signed for a part, actors are able to whip themselves into spirals of enthusiasm for even the creakiest play. So imagine the euphoria that enfolded the nine players who were chosen last summer for the cast of Arthur Miller's “The Creation of the World and Other Business.”
“Doing this play was the zenith for almost all of us,” said Stephen Elliott, who plays. God, in his dressing room at the Shubert Theater a few days before last Thursday's opening.
“I said to myself, ‘An Arthur Miller play is a work of art,’ said Barry Primus, the Cain: of the cast. “When we first saw the script, every punctuation mark was sacred to us.”"
- Tom Buckley, The New York Times
Harold Clurman oversees rehearsals for 'The Creation Of The World And Other Business'
