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1. The Italian Lesson. The most popular of Draper's character sketches, "The Italian Lesson" offers a brief window into the hectic life of a New York society matron. Written in 1925, when Draper was forty and at the height of her creative abilities, the monologue was originally referred to in letters as "The Busy Mother."
25 de dic. de 2016 · From the Vault. The Enduring Monologues of Ruth Draper. She performed for Henry James and Alexander Fleming, but her sense of humor is remarkably timeless. By David Owen. December 25, 2016....
After an astonishing late-career revival on Broadway, that did not turn out to be necessary. In the late 1920s, Draper had broken records for solo performers on Broadway, but as the years passed, her star faded in the United States, mostly because she stopped creating new monologues.
14 de oct. de 2014 · The art of Ruth Draper; her dramas and characters by Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. 1n; Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964. 1n. Publication date 1960 Topics Monologues
23 de sept. de 2020 · The greatest of these unclassifiables was Ruth Draper (1884–1956). In 1935, a Pittsburgh columnist, puzzling over how to characterize an upcoming performance of hers, wrote that “the English language does not contain a word which perfectly describes [Draper and her art].”
Ruth Draper (December 2, 1884 – December 30, 1956) was an American actress, dramatist and noted diseuse who specialized in character-driven monologues and monodrama. Her best-known pieces include The Italian Lesson , Three Women and Mr. Clifford , Doctors and Diets , and A Church in Italy .
Ruth Draper invented the modern monologue. Starting in the early years of the 20th century until the night she died in 1956, the native New Yorker entranced audiences all over the world by performing her own original character sketches.
