Draft:Marjorie Barkentin
William Slater Barkentin and William S. Barkentin should link here
Her maiden bame was Hayden?
Marjorie Barkentin (September 15, 1891 - February 26, 1974) was a press agent, artist, art restorer, and playwright who adpated part of James Joyce's Ulysses under the supervision of Padraic Colum into Ulysses in Nighttown.[1] It was staged off-Broadway in 1958[2][3] and reprised in 1974 on Broadway. Burgess Meredith directed the 1974 staging.[4][5] The 1974 show received Tony nominations (28th Tony Awards) including for Best Play.[6] She was photographed with Burgess, Zero Mostel, and Anne Meara at a rehearsal.[7] The show was reprised in 1989.[8]
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Her husband, William Slater Barkentin (September 9, 1874 - February 1962), was an art restorer. He penned the Coca Cola trademark.[9] He was involved with the Birds of Albany Book?
She and Louis J. Alber hosted the Columbia Broadcasting System radio show Headline Makers.[10]
She worked with Oliver Sayler as a press agent.
She received a copyright for Recovery playing cards.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marjorie Barkentin, Adaptor of 'Ulysses in Nighttown,' Dead". The New York Times. 28 February 1974.
- ^ "Marjorie Barkentin [seated], Burgess Meredith and Helen Vinson [?] in rehearsal for the 1958 Off-Broadway production of Ulysses in Nighttown".
- ^ "Mostel, Zero, as Leopold Bloom, in Ulysses in Nighttown, play based on an episode from Ulysses, by James Joyce, and adapted by Marjorie Barkentin - Yale University Library".
- ^ Barnes, Clive (11 March 1974). "The Theater: 'Ulysses in Nighttown'". The New York Times.
- ^ Morrow, Lance (25 March 1974). "The Theater: A Muted Bloom". Time.
- ^ "The Tony Award Nominations".
- ^ "Burgess Meredith, Zero Mostel, Anne Meara and Marjorie Barkentin in rehearsal for the 1958 Off-Broadway production of Ulysses in Nighttown".
- ^ Holden, Stephen (15 January 1989). "Review/Theater; the Fleshpots of Dublin, in 'Ulysses in Nighttown'". The New York Times.
- ^ "BARKENTIN Wm S Coca-Cola design". The Montgomery Advertiser. 16 February 1962. p. 4.
- ^ "BARKENTIN Marjorie". Harrisburg Telegraph. 25 June 1937. p. 16.
- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...: Works of arts, etc. New series". 1933.