Universal Filmlexikon (1932)

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"To Robert Farquharson, fitfully as he comes from Italy to cast the baleful light of his astonishing genius on our stage, belongs, after this Performance, the honour of being our greatest living actor in tragic poetry", wrote the "Evening Standard" in November 1920, when Robert Fai-quharson had his first great opportunity in portraying Count Cenci. Before that he had made many spasmodic appearances in sucli roles as Old Karamazov and Herod, but at that time he still regarded himself as a Student. He lived a great deal in Italy, translating into action his belief that the actor should learn his art in the studio, the library and the Workshop, as well as on the stage. Since his sensational success in "The Cenci Robert Farquharson has created a large number of interesting parts in a variety of styles. His Vanya in "Uncle Vanya"' and Ivanoff in Chekov s plays were masterpieces of emotional acting, while his Duke of Calabria in Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" aroused considerable discussion. His recent success as Paul in "Such Men are Dangerous" was largely due to his deep study of psychology, and there are few characters on any intellectual and spiritual level which he cannot adequately interpret. Lately he has made two films: "Captivation", in which he played Graves, the Journalist, and "The Man They Couldn't Arrest", in which he created the part of Count Lifar. ROBERT FARQUHARSON 4, Durham Place, Chelsea. London, S. W. 3 T: Flaxman 7689 AA • BA • BC • CC • CD phot ; Harris „Robert Farquharson, der plötzlich aus Italien zu uns kam und uns das überstrahlende Licht seines wunderbaren Genius brachte — ihm gebührt nach dieser Vorstellung die Ehre, unser größter lebender Tragöde genannt zu werden!" So schrieb der ..Evening Standard" im November 1920. als Robert Farquharson zum erstenmal in London den Grafen Cenci gegeben hatte. ^ or diesem außerordentlichen Erfolg hatte Robert Farquharson bereits mit Erfolg \ äterrollen gespielt, so in den „Brüdern Karamasow". in „Herodes" usw., aber er betrachtete sich bis dahin als Lernender. Er lebte meist in Italien und setzte hier seine Leberzeugung in die Tat um. daß ein Schauspieler im Atelier des Künstlers, in der Bibliothek, in der Werkstatt nicht weniger lernen müsse, als auf der Bühne. Seit seinem Erfolg als Cenci hat Robert Farquharson viele interessante Rollen verschiedenen Genres kreiert. Sein ^ anja in ..Onkel ^ anja sein Iwanow in den Stücken Tschechows sind Meisterwerke darstellender Kunst, und der große Erfolg, den der Künstler vor kurzem als Paul in ..Such Men are Dangerous"' errang, ist in erster Linie seinem tiefen psychologischen bissen zuzuschreiben. Man kann sagen: es dürfte wenig Charaktere von geistigem, intellektuellem Niveau geben, die er nicht vollendet darzustellen vermag. Im Film errang Robert Farquharson jüngst große Erfolge als Journalist Graves in ..Captivation" und als Graf Lifar in „The Man They Couldnt Arrest". 402