[New-Poetry] Another Whitman portrayer

[jforjames at aol.com]

http://www.unlaunchedvoices.com/
As it happens, yesterday in Canton CT I went to "Unlaunch'd Voices," a one-person?theatre piece?by Stephen Collins. It was very good. Collins seamlessly quotes Whitman's poetry, reminisces (as recorded by Horace Traubel)?and?recites?letters to and from Whitman?in the production. I heard Collins say afterwards that one his models for the?production was?"The Belle of Amherst"?performed Julie Harris.?

It would be nice thing to expose students to. Or to feature?as part of?a poetry festival or conference. Collins is based in Massachusetts and can be reached at walt978 at aol.com. 

Finnegan

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Subject: [New-Poetry] Coop as Whit tonite



http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-04-13-walt-whitman_N.htm
Chris Cooper puts Walt Whitman's poetry into motion for PBS 
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New Experience: Walt Whitman gave Chris Cooper a challenge: "Poetry is not something I've done before," he says. 

Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY
Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper has had great success speaking others' words, but he was a little nervous about his most recent role.
That's because the author wasn't a screenwriter. It was Walt Whitman, from whose works Cooper reads in Walt Whitman, a PBS American Experience film (tonight, 9 ET/PT, times may vary).
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