Tag Archives: Ellen Terry

Images of Ophelia

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)

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

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

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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