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Barrymore| By: | William Luce with Michael Mastro | | Director: | Gene Saks | | Sets and Costumes: | Santo Loquasto | | Lighting: | Natasha Katz | | Opened: | 3/97 at the Music Box Theater | | Cast: | Christopher Plummer and Michael Mastro |
Plummer is triumphant in this chronicle of the blurry, brilliant life of John Barrymore. The occasion for this one-on-one discourse with the notoriously self-destructive actor? It's the spring of 1942, and he's preparing for a screen test for Richard III. In this intriguing — and sometimes crudely funny — stream of consciousness, Plummer's Barrymore lurches from self-parodying anecdotes and outbursts of iambic pentameter to profound insights, just to let you know it's not the alcohol talking. The fascinating portrait convinces on two levels: First, it's not likely there's anyone more unnerving or charming than Barrymore, and second, there's probably not anyone more fit to flesh out the role than Plummer.
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