Wilson Barrett

Wilson Barrett
Lahir	William Henry Barrett (1846-02-18)18 Februari 1846 Essex, Inggris
Meninggal	22 Juli 1904(1904-07-22) (umur 58) London, Inggris
Pekerjaan	Pemeran-manajer, pemeran, pengarang sandiwara
Suami/istri	Caroline Heath (m. 1866)

Wilson Barrett (nama lahir: William Henry Barrett; 18 Februari 1846 – 22 Juli 1904) adalah seorang manajer, pemeran, dan pengarang drama Inggris. Dengan kelompok hiburannya, Barrett dikenal karena memunculkan kerumunan terbesar menuju ke teater Inggris karena kesuksesannya dalam melodrama, sebuah contoh dari produksinya The Silver King (1882) di Princess's Theatre, London. Tragedi sejarah buatannya The Sign of the Cross (1895) adalah sandiwara paling ssukses karya Barrett, baik di Inggris dan Amerika Serikat.

Referensi

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barrett, Wilson". Encyclopædia Britannica (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press. 
• Wilson Barrett's Arrival: Proposed New Productions: Story of a Famous Play, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 6 December 1897), pp.5-6.
• R.W.B., "Stage Prejudice Broken: Wilson Barrett's 'Sign of the Cross'", The Age Literary Section, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p.6.
• Barrett, W. The Sign of the Cross, J.B. Lippincott Company, (Philadelphia), 1896: Barrett's novelized version of his play.
• Barrett, W., The Wilson Barrett Birthday Book: Illustrated, W. & D. Downey, (London), 1899.
• Mr. Wilson Barrett's Farewell to Melbourne (Souvenir Theatre Programme), Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 21 May 1898.
• Disher, M.W., "Sex and Salvation: The Sign Of The Cross", pp.115-124 in Disher, M.W., Melodrama: Plots that Thrilled, The Macmillan Company, (New York), 1954.
• Shaw, G.B., "Mainly About Shakespeare", The Saturday Review, Vol.83, No.2170, (29 May 1897), pp.603-605..
• Thomas, J., "Wilson Barrett's New School 'Othello'", The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin, New Series No.22, (1983), pp.66-87.
• Thomas, J.M., The Art of the Actor-Manager: Wilson Barrett and the Victorian Theatre, UMI Research Press, (Ann Arbor), 1984. ISBN 978-0-8357-1492-1

Pranala luar

• Wilson Barrett Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
• Wilson Barrett di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Wilson Barrett di Internet Broadway Database
• Biography, at Encyclopedia.com
• Picture collection, at the National Portrait Gallery