A star burns itself out

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Last updated 07 abril 2025

In Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of William Luce's Barrymore, we meet Philly's own John Barrymore, "The Great Profile" - grandfather of Drew, sibling of Lionel and Ethel - a month before his death at 60. He staggers toward the final curtain of a career whose impact on stage and both silent and talking films (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Grand Hotel) was rivaled only by the self-destructive zeal with which he pursued women and alcohol.
In Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of William Luce's Barrymore, we meet Philly's own John Barrymore, "The Great Profile" - grandfather of Drew, sibling of Lionel and Ethel - a month before his death at 60. He staggers toward the final curtain of a career whose impact on stage and both silent and talking films (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Grand Hotel) was rivaled only by the self-destructive zeal with which he pursued women and alcohol.