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Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893June 9, 1974) was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. Cornell was garnered the nickname of "First Lady of the Theatre," a title also bestowed upon her friend Helen Hayes, though each deferred the honor to the other.〔(The Theatre: Great Katharine ) (April 3, 1939). ''Time''.〕 Cornell is noted for her major Broadway roles in serious dramas, often directed by her husband, Guthrie McClintic; the couple formed a production company, which gave them complete artistic freedom in choosing and producing plays. Their production company gave first or prominent Broadway roles to some of the more notable actors of the 20th century, including many British Shakespearean actors. Cornell was noted for spurning screen roles unlike other actresses of her day, only appearing in one Hollywood film, ''Stage Door Canteen'', in which she played herself. Cornell is regarded as one of 20th century Broadway's Greatest Leading Ladies.〔(Helen Hayes Remembrance )〕 ==Acting career== Cornell's most famous role was as English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the 1931 Broadway production of ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street''. Other appearances on Broadway included: W. Somerset Maugham's ''The Letter'' (1927), Sidney Howard's ''The Alien Corn'' (1933), Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1934), Maxwell Anderson's ''The Wingless Victory'' (1936), S. N. Behrman's ''No Time for Comedy'' (1939), a Tony Award-winning Cleopatra in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947), and a revival of Maugham's ''The Constant Wife'' (1951). She appeared in only one film, the World War II morale booster, ''Stage Door Canteen'', in which she played herself and, along with one of the soldiers, recited a speech from ''Romeo and Juliet''. However, she did appear in television adaptations of ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' (recreating her original role some 20 years later), and Robert E. Sherwood's ''There Shall Be No Night''. She also narrated the Oscar-winning documentary ''Helen Keller in Her Story''. Primarily regarded as a tragedienne, she was admired for her refined, romantic presence. One reviewer observed, "Hers is not a robust romanticism, however. It tends toward dark but delicate tints, and the emotion she conveys most aptly is that of an aspiring girlishness which has always been subject to theatrical influences of a special sort."〔Anon. "That Lady". ''Theatre Arts Monthly'' (February 1950).〕 Her appearances in comedy were infrequent, and praised more widely for their warmth than their wit. When she appeared in ''The Constant Wife'', critic Brooks Atkinson concluded that she had changed a "hard and metallic" comedy into a romantic drama.〔Brooks Atkinson. Review of ''The Constant Wife.'' ''The New York Times'': December 10, 1951.〕 Cornell died on June 9, 1974, in Tisbury, Massachusetts (on Martha's Vineyard), aged 81. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katharine Cornell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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