The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse
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Book Overview
While Eva Le Gallienne's approach to Eleonora Duse is reverent, it is also scholarly, stylishly written, and considering her personal debt to Duse, remarkably objective. She disposes of the hard-dying... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080930631X
ISBN13:9780809306312
Release Date:May 1973
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.9" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Excellent book and fascinating subject
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Wonderful theatre book. A real insider's understanding of a famous subject. Unusual insight into a creative theatre legend.
An Excellent view of a supreme artist
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The spirit of Eleonora Duse fills this excellent little book. Eva Le Gallienne, a master in her own right, clearly loves Duse, and she unapologetically deifies her. Weaving together histories, analyses, personal recollections, quotes, reviews, and theological musings, Le Gallienne creates a vivid image of the woman, and made me mourn that I could not see her myself. She even addresses that, responding to a young actor with the same complaint (with pity). But I did feel, after reading the book, that I had connected with Duse in some small way; In this, Le Gallienne is an actor on the page, guiding her audience to the character without forcing it upon them. The message I got was that Duse was a person first. Other actors are full of life when on the stage, and switch off once the curtain falls. For Duse, theatre was an extension of her life. Her craft (so strong that she seemed to have none) and her spirit filled the stage, but no more than it filled her life.I recommend this book to all actors- this book was written with us in mind- but also to all artists. It is one-sided, yes, but it is not meant to be an objective account. It shows some of Duse's flaws, but tone is always one of love.
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