The Great NON-MUSICAL theater performances of the 20th Century- Page 2

Posted: 10/9/04 at 5:14pm

Geraldine Page in anything, for sure

Frank Langella in DRACULA

Janet McTeer in A DOLL'S HOUSE (Mr. Matt got there first)

Christopher Plummer & James Earl Jones in OTHELLO

Ralph Finnes in HAMLET

Harvy Fierstein in TORCH SONG TRILOGY

Uta Hagan in VIRGINIA WOOLF

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 10:43pm

Okay, I just took a half an hour or so and off the top my head (mostly stream of consciousness) here's what I came up with -- what I've read about and what I've seen...... tons of omissions, unfortunately -- my apologies to the great actors I don't mention:


Laurette Taylor in PEG O' MY HEART
Tallulah Bankhead in THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET
Helen Hayes in VICTORIA REGINA
Katherine Cornell in .....
Jessica Tandy in STREETCAR
Tandy & Cronyn in THE FOURPOSTER
Tandy & Cronyn in THE GIN GAME
Tandy & Cronyn in FOXFIRE
Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward in PRIVATE LIVES
Lawrence and Coward in DESIGN FOR LIVING
Jose Ferrar in CYRANO
Edith Evans is THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Rosalind Russell in AUNTIE MAME
Kim Stanley in BUS STOP
Julie Harris in THE LARK
Julie Harris in MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
Julie Harris in THE BELLE OF AMHERST
Maureen Stapleton in ROSE TATTOO
Maureen Stapleton in THE GINGERBREAD LADY
Maureen Stapleton in THE LITTLE FOXES
Ben Gazarra in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Elizabeth Ashley in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Shirley Booth in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
Paul Robeson in OTHELLO
Laurence Olivier in HAMLET
Laurence Olivier in MACBETH
Laurence Olivier in OEDIPUS REX
Laurence Olivier in THE ENTERTAINER
John Gielgud in HAMLET
John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in HOME
Alan Bates in LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Alan Bates in BUTLEY
Alan Bates in FORTUNE'S FOOL
Richard Burton in HAMLET
Richard Burton in EQUUS
Peter Firth in EQUUS
Rosemary Harris in THE LION IN WINTER
Uta Hagen in THE COUNTRY GIRL
Uta Hagen in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Uta Hagen in COLLECTED STORIES
Lunt & Fontanne in THE VISIT
Geraldine Page, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
Sidney Poitier, A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Claudia McNeil, A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Nancy Marchand in THE BALCONY
William Daniels in THE ZOO STORY
Paul Scofield in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in THE MIRACLE WORKER
Maggie Smith in LETTICE & LOVAGE
Vanessa Redgrave in ANTHONY & CLEOPATRA
Vanessa Redgrave in THE LADY FROM THE SEA
Vanessa Redgrave in ORPHEUS DESCENDING
Vanessa Redgrave and Eileen Atkins in VITA & VIRGINIA
Vanessa Redgrave in LONG DAYS JOURNEY
Jason Robards in LONG DAYS JOURNEY
Jason Robards in ICEMAN COMETH
Jason Robards in HUGHIE
Jason Robards in MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
Collen Dewhurst in MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
Zoe Caldwell in LONG DAYS JOURNEY
Zoe Caldwell in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Zoe Caldwell in MASTER CLASS
Zoe Caldwell in MEDEA
Judith Anderson in MEDEA
Gloria Foster in MEDEA
Diana Rigg in MEDEA
Sada Thompson in THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS
Judi Dench in AMY'S VIEW
Judi Dench in MACBETH
Ian McKellan in MACBETH
Ian McKellan in AMADEUS
Ian McKellan in ACTING SHAKESPEARE
Jane Alexander in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
James Earl Jones in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer in OTHELLO
James Earl Jones in KING LEAR
James Earl Jones in FENCES
Al Pacino in AMERICAN BUFFALO
James Hayden in AMERICAN BUFFALO
Harvey Fierstein in TORCH SONG TRILOGY
John Kani and Winston Ntshona in SIZWE BANZI/THE ISLAND
Trazana Beverly in FOR COLORED GIRLS
Amanda Plummer in AGNES OF GOD
Diane Wiest in HUNTING COCKROACHES
Zakes Mokae in MASTER HAROLD
Kathy Bates in NIGHT MOTHER
Kate Nelligan in PLENTY
Charles Ludlam in GALAS
Charles Ludlam and Everrett Quinton in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
Joe Mantegna in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Swoosie Kurtz in HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Christine Baranski in HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
John Malkovich in BURN THIS
Charles Dutton in THE PIANO LESSON
Stockard Channing in SIX DEGREES
Dylan Baker in LA BETE
Cherry Jones in THE BALTIMORE WALTZ
Cherry Jones in THE HEIRESS
Laurie Esterman in MARVIN'S ROOM
Janet McTeer in A DOLL'S HOUSE
Stephen Spinella in ANGELS IN AMERICA
Marcia Gay Harden in AnGELS IN AMERICA
Kathleen Chalfant in ANGELS IN AMERICA
Kathleen Chalfant in WIT
F. Murray Abraham in ANGELS IN AMERICA
Jeffrey Wright in ANGELS IN AMERICA
Marian Seldes in THREE TALL WOMEN
Myra Carter in THREE TALL WOMEN
Mary-Louise Parker in PROOF
Mary-Louise Parker in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
David Morse in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
Eileen Heckart in THE WAVERLY GALLERY
Mark Ruffalo in THIS IS OUR YOUTH
J. Smith-Cameron in AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN
Kate Valk in THE EMPORER JONES
Elizabeth Franz in DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Kevin Anderson in DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Linda Emond in HOMEBODY/KABUL
Stephen Dillane in THE REAL THING
Jennifer Ehle in THE REAL THING
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in TRUE WEST
John C. Reilly in TRUE WEST
Viola Davis in King Hedley II
Viola Davis in INTIMATE APPAREL
Jefferson Mays in I AM MY OWN WIFE
Simon Russell Beale in HAMLET
Simon Russell Beale in JUMPERS