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Roberta Maxwell
Front-Ranger:
Thanks for enlightening us, John, to Roberta's interesting career!
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 07, 2008, 11:29:01 am ---Thanks for enlightening us, John, to Roberta's interesting career!
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Thank you, Lee!
I love the Mint Theater (very small in Midtown Manhattan, on 43rd Street)--it always produces extremely obscure gems, some forgotten hits, sometimes a century old, with authors like J. B. Priestley, J. M. Barrie, Harley Granville-Barker, and D.H. Lawrence. In 2007, I saw one called "Return of the Prodigal" by St. John Hankin--I thought it was terrific. BUT--I forgot to see one of the other productions that same year--starring with our Roberta Maxwell!--all I can say, is:
DUH!
Oh well, next time....
:P
Brown Eyes:
Yes! Thanks for all of this John! I feel like there's so much more to learn about her long and accomplished career.
This pic from the banner was associated with her role as Hero in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing in 1969.
Here's the funny blurb she included with her photo shown here!
And, the link includes lots more info about the performance and other cast members.
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/works/much_ado_about_nothing_69.shtml
--- Quote ---Hero -- Roberta Maxwell ROBERTA MAXWELL is a versatile actress with impressive credits in the classical and contemporary repertory in London, Canada, and the United States. Miss Maxwell came to New York with the Broadway hit The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and then joined the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis appearing in Sargeant Musgrave's Dance, Merton of the Movies, Little Murders, and two plays which later toured Los Angeles and New York, The House of Atreus and Arturo Ui. A native of Canada, Miss Maxwell was a member of the Stratford Festival Company where her roles included Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing, Lady Anne in Richard III, Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Anne in The Merry Wives of Windsor. She spent three years in England working in repertory and on British television networks and made her West End debut in A Majority of One, with Robert Morley and Molly Picon. She is also interested in unicorns.
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shortfiction:
I'm coming in here rather late..........
If you folks haven't seen Maxwell in the Canadian film Last Night, do check it out. She has a small but strong role as the mother of a man who has chosen not to spend his final hours on Earth with his immediate family. Her delivery, tone, gestures, and expressions are perfectly chosen, just as they were in BBM.
southendmd:
Here she is with Kim Basinger in a TV show called "The Mermaid Chair":
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