Ellen Terry's dramatic lecture of The Triumphant Heroines of Shakespeare. Some authorial assistance from Christopher St John.
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Triumphant Heroines of Shakespeare, 7 September 1911, Image 1 of 3
KURSAAL, HARROGATE
General Manager-Mr JOHN E. WILSHERE.
Saturday Afternoon, 7th Sept., at 3.30.
Miss
Ellen Terry
[photograph] Photo by Window & Grove, London.
In her CHARMING RECITAL
'The Triumphant Heroines of Shakespeare'
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ACTING.
Tickets - 5/-, 4/-, 3/-, 2/- and 1/-
Early Door 6d. extra to all Parts.
Triumphant Heroines of Shakespeare, 7 September 1911, Image 2 of 3
Miss ELLEN TERRY'S London Recitals
(May-June 1911.)
A FEW PRESS OPINONS.
The Times says-
"There is nothing conventional, nothing stereotyped about
Miss ELLEN TERRY's' Recitals. Wherever and whenever she
speaks it will always, be different and always fresh .... the
living, laughing, triumphant, tearful, scornful words of a great
actress who is proud to be a woman. The magnetism and
charm of her is for ever breaking out. ... The Recital is full
of touches of satire, humour, and pathos. It is a happy thing
for England, as well as for MISS TERRY, that she has found so
effective a way of bringing homn to Shakespeare's country
men and women the inner meaning of his plays and the charm
of her own art."
The Daily Telegraph says-
"It was as if the record of those brilliant Shakespearean
Seasons at the old Lyceum, extending over a period of years,
had been compressed into two brief hours, and memory flew
back to the day when Henry Irving and Ellen Terry reigned
supreme at that theatre, and by their marvellous art created a
gallery of portraits which no one who had the privilege of
looking upon will ever permit to lapse into oblivion. On the
draped stage of the Haymarket, beside a table almost entirely
hidden by heaped-up banks of flowers, Miss TERRY discoursed
on the heroines of Shakespeare's plays .. . . Ever and anon
she sought to illustrate the poet's text by means of her own
exquisite art. In all these Miss TERRY threw herself head and
soul, stamping every impersonation with the grace, power, and
charm of an individuality which every student of Shakespeare
will long hold in loving remembrance. It was a memorable
afternoon.
The Pall Mall Gazette says-
" The Recital showed how much brain-work a great actress
puts into her study of a part. Take all 'The Triumphant
Women' Miss TERRY dealt with, - Beatrice, Rosalind, Volumnia,
Portia, - when you have heard what she has to say about the
character of each one, you will realize how poor your own
conception of them was, compared with what she reveals to
you. In truth .... it is an infinite delight to see her acting
bits of Beatrice, Portia, Volumnia, and Rosalind.
The Globe says-
"There is a charm about Miss ELLEN TERRY that is
irresistible, and an enthusiasm that is contagious. It was
delightful to watch Miss TERRY'S radiant expressions and
graceful movements. "
The Referee says-
"At the Haymarket Theatre, a crowded and delighted
audience listened with rapt attention while Miss ELLEN TERRY
addressed them on Shakespeare's Triumphant Heroines.' In
rapid succession the great-nay, still our greatest-actress
sketched the chief features of such glorious characters as
Beatrice, Rosalind, and Portia .... The beautiful way in which
she acted certain scenes made this ever-delightful actress's
glorious gallery of Shakespearean portraits perfect. Those
who miss her Recitals will miss the most graceful, most
gracious, and most fascinating exposition of Shakespeare to
be found."
The People says-
"MISS TERRY was in in her most radiant of moos, and
looked beautiful in the most picturesque surroundings. She
varied her remarks by giving realism to her subject in some
delightful illustrative acting, which touched upon scenes and
characters inseparable from her career."
Triumphant Heroines of Shakespeare, 7 September 1911, Image 3 of 3
KURSAAL, HARROGATE,
Saturday Afternoon, 7th September, at 3.30.
Miss
Ellen Terry's Recital
[photograph] Photo by Window & Grove, London.
"The Triumphant
Heroines of Shakespeare."
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ACTING.
