Margaret Anglin as Antigone. Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, 30 June 1910.

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Platinum print photograph, 225 x 157 mm; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in pencil Margaret Anglin as Antigone. Greek Theatre, Berkeley, 30 June , and with a later pencilled annotation Arnold Genthe 1910 ; unmounted; very slight bend at bottom left corner, otherwise superb condition. A magnificent study by Arnold Genthe of the great Canadian actress Margaret Anglin, of which we can trace no example in institutional collections. The portrait captures Anglin in what was to become a defining and watershed moment in her career: Antigone was her very first attempt at Greek tragedy, and she produced, directed and performed in the play at Berkeley for one night only, on 30 June 1910. Anglin was 33 when she moved back to America after her grand tour in Australia. Upon her arrival in the summer of 1909, she began taking her first steps towards the production of Greek tragedy (Le Vay, John. Margaret Anglin, A Stage Life. Simon Pierre , 1989, 121), which started with an intensive study of… Greek plays (ibid.) and is generally considered her most noteworthy contribution to the life of the American theatre (ibid.). Anglin s first role in a Greek tragedy was as Antigone in a single performance at the Hearst Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley. Although Anglin had virtually no prior experience performing in Greek tragedies or classic verse plays of any kind, she was enticed by William Dallam Armes invitation, which stated that this opportunity would provide ample opportunity for the

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