John Glennon
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John Glennon (born 1931) is an American stage actor, writer, screenwriter, and playwright.[1][2]
Career
As an actor, his Broadway credits include roles in productions of Saint Joan (play), Six Characters in Search of an Author, Richard III (play), Cyrano de Bergerac (play), The Taming of the Shrew, and Richard II (play), and he was stage manager on How to Be a Jewish Mother.[1][3][4]
Glennon sold his first script to CBC in 1957, when he was performing in Saint Joan on Broadway.[5] He is known for his television writing credits on Armchair Mystery Theatre, Armchair Theatre, Ruth (television play)[6] and Rope (1959 television play) (both 1959)[7][8], ITV Play of the Week (from 1957 - 1961), Playdate (Canadian TV series), BBC Sunday-Night Play, and Encounter (1958 TV series).
He travelled to Melbourne on 8 August 1959 to present two plays for GTV-9, starting with Ruth (television play), which was a part of Shell Presents and directed by Rod Kinnear. He was also to help coach Australian writers and producers on US drama techniques.[9] The producers wanted Lyndall Barbour to play the lead. She was tracked down to a hotel room in Paris and John Glennon travelled from London to persuade her to accept the part. He also co-starred in the production. The play was produced in Melbourne at the GTV 9 studios.[10][11][12] While rehearsing it Glennon said he was working on a play about Australians in London.[13] The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called it "a highly original and diverting play" where Glennon's writing was "in an attractively inventive and individual way that sometimes shades into the eccentric".[14] Another version aired as a BBC Sunday-Night Play in 1962, starring Constance Cummings, again written by John Glennon, and this time directed by Henry Kaplan.
Rope (1959 television play) was the other 1959 Australian TV play he wrote and starred in, also part of Shell Presents and again directed by Kinnear, based on Rope (play) by Patrick Hamilton (writer). Glennon played one of the lead roles.[15][16] Glennon made several changes to the play, including cutting the time down from two hours to an hour, shifting the action from 1929 to present day New York, and moving the local from one-room to a four-room penthouse. "Whereas the original dealt with distance," said Glennon, "you can now eliminate long speeches and convey the same idea by gesture or by a bit of business magnified a hundred fold by that eagle eyed camera."[17] The Sydney Morning Herald critic praised "John Glennon' s clever, perceptive and highly mannered performance... and the tensions which producer Rod Kinnear was able to generate by some thoughtful camera work, and some very skilful organisation on a large and attractive set."[3] The Age TV credit praised the set, credit sequence and some of the acting but had reservations about some of the performances and the direction.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "John Glennon – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ""Role in Rope for Glennon" (16 Nov 1959, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ T. M. Kraus. Critical Digest Volume 5.
- ↑ "Spotlight on Scriptwriters: John Glennon. The Stage and Television Today; London. Iss. 4064, (Mar 5, 1959): a7. Via Proquest.
- ↑ "John Glennon". British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ Jacka, Liz; Turnbull, Sue (November 2006). "Australian Television History: An Introduction". Media International Australia. 121 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1177/1329878x0612100110. ISSN 1329-878X.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (2019-02-17). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". FilmInk. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "14 Sep 1959, Page 13 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "TV Highlights". Biz (Fairfield, NSW : 1928 - 1972). 1959-09-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "13 Sep 1959, Page 102 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "21 Sep 1959, Page 6 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "I.V. HIGHLIGHTS". Biz (Fairfield, NSW : 1928 - 1972). 1959-11-04. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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