tor with Barry for five years and
directed several productions
with the Intern Company as well.
“Paul’s knowledge of all the
Shakespeare plays truly made him
a Shakespeare scholar. His book,
‘A Lifetime of Shakespeare’ proves
it. I’m happy that a photo of me
was selected for the cover. That’s
me as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth
Night, (in the middle) along with
Annie Stafford , Dane Knell, Zeke
Zaccaro.
“Paul Barry was such an important
part of my life,” continued Steelman. “I spent five seasons in Madison exploring Shakespeare and
so many other classics. Working in
rotating rep was a fabulous train-
ing ground. What an opportunity
to do great plays! I used to meet
so many actors in New York who
worked for Paul. Almost everyone
I ever met back then had worked
for Paul. I think that’s the point.
Over 25 years as Artistic Director of NJSF, Paul hired hundreds
and hundreds of actors. He gave
us so much work. . .not to mention
weeks toward our unemployment.
That’s the life of an actor. But wait,
here’s the coda: Paul told me personally that he could never have
run the Shakespeare Festival without his wife, Ellen Barry.”
Dorian recalled a letter from
then-Governor Jim Florio to Paul
and Ellen Barry upon the end of
The only thing that surpassed
Barry’s passion for theatre was
his passion for Shakespeare
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