Darryl Maximilian Robinson Gives Poe's 'El Dorado' At The Bruce Lee Statue In Los Angeles
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Now celebrating his 50th anniversary as an American Stage Performer, Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares a short video theatre homage to the works of an American Literary Master.
THEATRE VETERAN DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ( A 2022 MAKING THE WORLD HAPPENING AWARD WINNER FOR HIS NUMEROUS ONLINE THEATRE-RELATED OFFERINGS AT ALLEVENTS.IN ) HOMAGES BOTH LITERARY MASTER EDGAR ALLAN POE AND MARTIAL ARTIST AND ACTOR BRUCE LEE WITH A NEW VIDEO OF POE'S 'EL DORADO' AT THE BRUCE LEE STATUE IN LOS ANGELES!
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As a Celebration of American literary master Edgar Allan Poe ( born January 19, 1809 ) and also as an homage to the late. great Chinese-American actor, filmmaker, poet, and noted martial artist Bruce Lee, veteran and award-winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson adds a new "street theatre" video rendition of a classic literary work as part of his Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project and The Artists Files of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago.
Featuring editing and videography by his longtime friend and fellow actor Danny Belrose, on Wednesday November 24, 2021 Darryl Maximilian Robinson presented a new video rendition of popular 19th-Century American literary master Edgar Allan Poe's 'El Dorado' before a statue of well-loved 20th-Century Chinese-American screen legend and undisputed martial arts master Bruce Lee in The Chinatown District of Los Angeles.
Though these two individuals, Poe and Lee, born in different situations and centuries, do not seem to have much in common, yet a deeper dive into each of their backgrounds reveals both Poe and Lee had troubled childhoods, had biological family members deeply involved in the arts ( Poe's natural parents were both American stage actors, Lee's father was a Chinese opera star ), both began writing poetry at an early age, and both died relatively young and under mysterious circumstances. And, yes, both also would spend a good deal of their writings discussing Death.
Edgar Allan Poe became a Gothic age literary master of mystery and the macabre with such gruesome tales as The Masque of the Red Death and The Pit and The Pendulum before his passing away at the age of 40.
Bruce Lee began writing poems at age 18, and won fan approval as Kato in the 1960s television series The Green Hornet, and later became a huge star of such 1970s martial arts film classics as The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and Enter The Dragon. To this day, Lee still has generations of fans wondering about his demise in his early thirties in Hong Kong.
Though it certainly does reference the 16th-century lost city of gold, Poe's 'El Dorado' is ultimately a poem about Death.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Best Actor Award Winner and 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Best Actor Award Nominee ) became noted over a decade ( 1990 through 2001 ) as the adapter, director and narrator of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company St. Louis, Missouri, Louisville, Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois stagings of "The Raven And Six Other Points Of Interest" by Edgar Allan Poe, with 'El Dorado' featured as the opening segment of the show.
Two different Video takes of Mr. Robinson performing Poe's 'El Dorado' at the Bruce Lee Statue in LA's Chinatown are currently available at his You Tube channel for viewing.
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Darryl Maximilian Robinson has become noted as the very first black actor in American Theatre History to portray on stage a trio of classic dramatic roles including: Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons" ( in a 1984 revival presented by The University Players of The University of Missouri-St. Louis and directed by AEA Member John Grassilli at The Benton Hall Theater ); King Henry II in a 1992 multiracial cast revival of James Goldman's "The Lion In Winter ( directed by Mr. Robinson for his chamber theatre Excaliber Productions, Ltd in St. Louis and staged at The Wabash Triangle Cafe ); and Andrew Wyke ( opposite the talented actor Sean Nix as Milo Tindle ) in a 2000, 30th Anniversary, all-black cast revival of Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth" presented under Mr. Robinson's direction by his chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago at The Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre of Oak Park, Illinois.
