Tag Archives: Ellen Terry

“Enter a chorus of lepers.”

Posted on March 17, 2009 by sheila

A biography that I am drooling to read (eventually, when I get back up on the reading horse for real): Michael Holroyd’s A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families, a dual … Continue reading →

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Images of Ophelia

Posted on November 10, 2008 by sheila

Here is a scene from the great Canadian television series Slings and Arrows. The company of actors is rehearsing Hamlet, and it is not going well. The actress playing Ophelia, Claire, is terrible and nobody knows what to do about … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Story Of My Life” (Ellen Terry)

Posted on November 5, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir The Story of My Life, by Ellen Terry This is one of my favorite books in my entire collection, just in terms of it as an object. Second only to the first-edition Ulysses that my … Continue reading →

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No Time

Posted on May 30, 2007 by sheila

Play to the lines, through the lines, but never between the lines. There simply isn’t time for it. — George Bernard Shaw to actress Ellen Terry on performing Shakespeare, 1896

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Ellen Terry on Henry Irving

Posted on March 23, 2007 by sheila

Ellen Terry – from Ellen Terry’s Memoirs Henry Irving is the monument, the great mark set up to show the genius of will. For years he worked to overcome the dragging leg … he toiled, and he overcame this defect, … Continue reading →

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