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Edmund Kean (4 November 1787 – 15 May 1833) was a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor born in England, who performed in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris among other places. He was well known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce. He expired of dissipation at the age of 45.
Kean was born in Westminster London. His father was probably Edmund Kean (see Ó Catháin), an architect’s clerk, and his mother was an actress, Anne Carey, daughter of the 18th-century composer and playwright Henry Carey.
Kean made his first appearance on the stage, aged four, as Cupid in Jean-Georges Noverre’s ballet of Cymon. As a child his vivacity, cleverness and ready affection made him a universal favorite, but his harsh circumstances and lack of discipline, both helped develop self-reliance and fostered wayward tendencies. About 1794 a few benevolent persons paid for him to go to school, where he did well; but finding the restraint intolerable, he shipped as a cabin boy at Portsmouth. Finding life at sea even more restricting, he pretended to be both deaf and lame so skilfully that he deceived the doctors at Madeira.
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Genres: ,Actors: Alexandre Dumas père (writer), Pietro Tordi (actor), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (writer), Eleonora Rossi Drago (actress), Vittorio Gassman (actor), Valentina Cortese (actress), Franco Cristaldi (producer), Renato Terra (actor), Gérard Landry (actor), Anna Maria Ferrero (actress), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Mario Passante (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Francesco Rosi (writer), Vittorio Gassman (writer),
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Plot: By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, confesses her love for Kean and decides to become an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's profligate ways, decide to boycott his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not recover from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.
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Genres: ,Una scommessa vinta, questo spettacolo che racconta la vita di Edmund Kean (1787-1833), geniale attore inglese del Romanticismo, prototipo dell’artista tutto genio e sregolatezza. È uno spettacolo per attore solo (perifrasi che Gigi Proietti preferisce al più sintetico termine di monologo), una sorta di “A me gli occhi” su materiali shakespeariani. L’Attore, solo nel suo camerino, aiutandosi con abbondanti libagioni, racconta la sua vita al pubblico pagante, mescolandola con brani tratti da “Amleto”, “Re Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Il mercante di Venezia” e, soprattutto, “Otello”, permettendosi anche il lusso delle variazioni sul tema. Ben tre volte ricorre nel testo l’‘Addio di Otello’, che funge da leit motiv per raccontare l’ascesa e la disfatta del grande artista. Una registrazione d’archivio d...
Steven Berkoff speaks about Edmund Kean and why a theatre should bear his name.
I GRANDI ATTORI ITALIANI - Giovanni de Nava in IO, EDMUND KEAN - autore: Giovanni de Nava - con Carmen Landolfi - musiche: Richard Wagner e Anton Bruckner - illuminotecnica: Giovanna Venzi - regìa: Giovanni de Nava - riprese effettuate in occasione della prima messa in scena dell'opera, Roma, teatro Arcobaleno, ottobre 2015.
I GRANDI ATTORI ITALIANI - Giovanni de Nava in IO, EDMUND KEAN - autore: Giovanni de Nava - con Carmen Landolfi - musiche: Richard Wagner e Anton Bruckner- illuminotecnica: Giovanna Venzi - regìa: Giovanni de Nava - riprese effettuate in occasione della prima messa in scena dell'opera, Roma, teatro Arcobaleno, ottobre 2015.
Giovanni de Nava e Carmen Landolfi interpretano "Io, Edmund Kean" al Teatro Arcobaleno di Roma dall'8 al 18 Ottobre 2015. Teatro Arcobaleno http://test.spxlogical.com/teatroarcobaleno - FB https://www.facebook.com/teatro.arcobaleno?fref=ts Giovanni de Nava https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.denava?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/carmen.landolfi?fref=ts
Alcune scene tratte dalla rappresentazione dello spettacolo "GENIO E SREGOLATEZZA - EDMUND KEAN", andata in scena al Teatro Sala Umberto di Roma sabato 24 marzo 2012. di Claudio Forti con Giuseppe Pambieri e Lia Tanzi Regia di Giuseppe Pambieri Scene e costumi: Sebastiano Romano Musiche: Paolo Casa Luci: Franco Lupi Una produzione LUX T srl
STAGIONE 2011-2012 da martedì 27 marzo a domenica 1 aprile 2012 Una produzione Lux T srl Giuseppe Pambieri e Lia Tanzi EDMUND KEAN Genio e sregolatezza del più grande attore shakespeariano di Claudio Forti scene e costumi di Sebastiano Romano musiche di Paolo Casa luci di Franco Lupi