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Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, on West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Built by Lee Shubert, with a seating capacity of 1,099, it opened in 1928 with Ethel Barrymore, in whose honour it was named, in Martínez Sierra's The Kingdom of God. Its subsequent history has been one of almost unvaried success. Among its outstanding productions were Coward's Design for Living (1933) and Point Valaine (1935); Night Must Fall (1936) by Emlyn Williams, who also appeared in it; and Clare Boothe's scathing comedy The Women (also 1936). In 1947 Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, with Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy, won a Pulitzer Prize, as did Ketti Frings's adaptation of Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel ten years later. Other productions included Frederick Knott's Wait until Dark (1966); Peter Shaffer's double bill Black Comedy and White Lies (1967); and Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist (1971) with Alec McCowen. A musical about Black life, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1971), scored a great success. Later came the double bill Noël Coward in Two Keys (1974) with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, David Mamet's American Buffalo (1977), Rabe's Hurlyburly (1984), and Lillian (1986), based on Lillian Hellman's writings.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-EthelBarrymoreTheatre.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-EthelBarrymoreTheatre.html |
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Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York). The Shuberts built and named the theatre after the famous actress in order to entice her to sign with them, and it worked. She appeared in the inaugural production, the religious drama Kingdom of God, in 1928, the end of the building spree on Broadway that stopped with the Depression. Herbert J. Krapp designed the 1,000‐seat playhouse on West 47th Street with an unusual terra‐cotta grillwork screen on the facade. Suited for plays and small musicals, the Barrymore has also seen many of the theatre's greatest female stars on its stage, from Lynn Fontanne and Katharine Cornell to Jessica Tandy and Katharine Hepburn. The Shubert‐owned theatre was designated a landmark in 1987.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-EthelBarrymoreTheatre.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Ethel Barrymore Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-EthelBarrymoreTheatre.html |
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