Barrymore
by William Luce

Barrymore Book Cover
Barrymore Cover

Highlights

90 mins 1940s/WWII Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Interior Set Period Costumes American

Synopsis

Christopher Plummer won a Tony for his portrayal of John Barrymore in the acclaimed Broadway production of this work by the master of one-character biographies for the stage.

Press Reviews

"A dazzler! A portrait of riveting complexity and paradox that finds the balletic elegance in a drunken stagger, the poetry in a blue joke and the churning guts in rarefied verse. As [Barrymore] walks toward his own death it's with the jaunty panache of a boulevardier off to meet his new mistress."

— The New York Times

"As good as one-man shows get."

— The New Yorker

"A staggering success [...] Must be seen, must be savored."

— New York Post

"A perfect image of Barrymore."

— New York Daily News

Characters

Character
Prompter

an offstage male voice

John Barrymore

the famed actor

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 56
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573642401
ISBN-10 0573642400
LCCN 2006471074
LCC PS3562.U254 B37 1998

Barrymore is a American play written by William Luce and published by Samuel French (1998).

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