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Guernica Editions launches the new biography of actor William Hutt by Keith Garebian, William Hutt: Soldier Actor at the Revival House (formerly the Church restaurant) from 2 to 5pm on December 3. There will be a cash bar, finger food entertainment and a reading from the book.
William Hutt showed that it was possible to be a great classical actor without sacrificing his Canadian accent or cultural identity. His imperishable portraits of Tartuffe, King Lear, Lear’s Fool, Feste, Khlestakov, Duke Vincentio, Titus Andronicus, Timon, Argan, Lady Bracknell, James Tyrone, Sr., and Prospero ensured that he will be remembered as long as there is cultural memory. Offstage, he could be charming and witty or moody and oppressively grand. He remained the Duke of “Dark Corners” to many who wished to know him more intimately.
In this detailed, probing, and thought-provoking biography, Keith Garebian weaves together Hutt’s private and public lives, his most intense conflicts, deepest yearnings and anxieties in order to show how Hutt brought his life to his work and work to his life in a manner that left him vulnerable to wounds of the heart yet open to radical re-invention as an actor.
“William Hutt was one of the greatest actors of our time: a true theatre legend. He was also a deeply private person, an enigma even to those of us who knew him and worked with him. In this absorbing new biography, Keith Garebian not only offers us his personal perspective on Bill’s so potent art but also delves deep into the complexities and conflicts within the master magician himself.” (Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival)
William Hutt: Soldier Actor
552 pages Softcover
ISBN13: 9781771832991
ISBN10: 1771832991
$37.95 Canada, $37.95 US
Guernica Editions, December 2017
From: www.stageandpage.com
Photo:William Hutt as King Lear. ©1996 Stratford Festival.
2017-12-03
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