CHESTERTOWN,
MD—Irish actor Barry McGovern will bring literature to life with a reading at
the Rose O’Neill Literary House at Washington College on Wednesday, September
19. Part of the Sophie Kerr Lecture Series, McGovern’s reading will feature the
works of Irish literary giants W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett. The
event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4:30 p.m.
In a career that spans decades, McGovern
has performed for stage, film, television, and radio. He has acted in Hollywood
blockbusters such as Braveheart, and in
global theatrical productions that have focused heavily on the playwright
Samuel Beckett.
In
addition to his one-man Beckett show, I’ll
Go On, he has performed with the Dublin’s Gate Theatre touring company in
productions of Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days. He portrayed Vladimir in Waiting for Godot more times than any other living actor, most
notably at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in a production hailed by Variety theatre critic Bob Verini as
“near-flawless” and “a stunning revival.”
McGovern most recently appeared in Glengarry Glen Ross at Dublin’s Gate
Theatre, and in a new one-man Beckett show, Watt,
at the Edinburgh Festival.
The September 19 reading is sponsored
by the Sophie Kerr Committee. The Rose
O’Neill Literary House is located at 407 Washington Avenue, Chestertown. For
more information: http://lithouse.washcoll.edu/.
