Happy Alchemy (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robertson Davies
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Essays, theater, and music
- Time of Work: 1939 through 1995
- Setting: Canada, the United States, and Sweden
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Language or languages, Music or musicians, Art or artists, Creative process, Drama or dramatists, Theater, Performing arts, Opera, operas, or operettas
- Locales: United States, Canada, Sweden
In a 1993 lecture at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Shaw Festival, Robertson Davies provided a lively introduction to the nineteenth century drama The Silver King, then in production at the Festival. Describing the personalities that first brought The Silver King to the stage, Davies regaled his audience with stories about the play’s original star, the strikingly handsome actor William Barrett; about the playwright, Henry Jones, and the manner in which Jones’s political and religious views were brought to bear on his plays; and about Henry Herman, Jones’s probable...
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