{"id":30778,"date":"2010-12-10T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T21:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=30778"},"modified":"2024-10-27T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T01:58:15","slug":"emily-dickinson-the-belle-of-amherst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=30778","title":{"rendered":"Julie Harris as Emily Dickinson, The Belle of Amherst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=30779\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30779\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson-336x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson\" width=\"336\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-30779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson-336x400.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson-84x100.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson-168x200.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cI am growing very handsome indeed!\u201d \u2014 Emily Dickinson, age 14<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today is her 180th birthday.  <\/p>\n<p>In my newest review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fandor.com\/\">Fandor<\/a>, I take a look at the PBS televised performance of Julie Harris&#8217; highwater-mark performance as Emily Dickinson in <i>The Belle of Amherst<\/i> in 1976. You can click to rent the film in its entirety below (or on Fandor), something I cannot recommend highly enough. Bookmark it and come back to it when you have time.  It is a performance for the ages.  We are so fortunate that it was captured on film.  <\/p>\n<p>My review:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fandor.com\/blog\/?p=2095\">An Immortal Poet, Resurrected: \u201cThe Belle of Amherst\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><big>THE BELLE OF AMHERST<\/big>, Broadway, 1976, starring Julie Harris<\/p>\n<div id=\"player\"> <object width=\"480\" height=\"344\" id=\"player-object\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.fandor.com\/flash\/player.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fandor.com%2Fplaylists%2Fthe_belle_of_amherst%3Fsyndicator_id%3D8\"><\/param><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.fandor.com\/flash\/player.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fandor.com%2Fplaylists%2Fthe_belle_of_amherst%3Fsyndicator_id%3D8\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" id=\"player-embed\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"344\" wmode=\"opaque\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/embed><\/object> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am growing very handsome indeed!\u201d \u2014 Emily Dickinson, age 14 Today is her 180th birthday. 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