Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares Video of Rudyard Kipling's "If" On Sunset Boulevard In Hollywood

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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 English Literary Master.

There is nothing unusual about a pair of old friends ( who are also veteran Chicago stage actors ) to meet for a long-overdue reunion in Tinsel Town to share a few special Windy City Theatre memories and a few laughs. There's nothing shocking about a pair of Los Angeles thespians dining at a popular restaurant, stopping for a photo op to pose with "Fake Oscars" and sharing tales of show business performers' challenges, failures and successes.

But when the younger of the two actors challenges -and, indeed, even dares - the older of the two actors to suddenly present a speech or monologue on a crowded street full of passers-by, interesting things can happen.

The result?: Darryl Maximilian Robinson performs Rudyard Kipling's "If" on Sunset Blvd In Hollywood!

Veteran and award-winning stage actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder of the multiracial chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project who last appeared on a Greater Los Angeles area stage in the role of The Announcer in the March 11, 2020 preview performance of The Ark Theatre of North Hollywood's Old Tyme Radio Hour production of "The Dick Tracy Radio Show" ) presented an impromptu, "Street Theatre" rendition of British author Rudyard Kipling's famed poem "If" on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood Ca. in a video-recording captured Nov. 20 2017 by long-time friend and highly-talented fellow actor Danny Belrose ( a noted member emeritus of Chicago's Trap Door Theatre ).

2022 Making The World Happening Award Winner Darryl Maximilian Robinson, a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner as Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play for his portrayal of Sam Semela in the ESC's revival of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys' presented at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in the the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, and who also recently received a 2019 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award nomination for Best Performer In A Musical or Revue ( Resident Non-Equity ) for his starring roles as The Chairman Mr. William Cartwright and Mayor Thomas Sapsea in The Saint Sebastian Players of Chicago Oct. 26th through Nov. 18th 2018 revival of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning Musical Whodunit "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" ( based on the final and unfinished novel by Charles Dickens which was staged at The St. Bonaventure Church in The Windy City ) is a noted adapter of literary classics to the stage including unique versions of "The Raven and Six Other Points of Interest" by Edgar Allan Poe, "A Child's Christmas In Wales and More Tales" by Dylan Thomas. He has also been noted for his original one-man show of works by William Shakespeare and time-travel comedy entitled "A Bit Of The Bard."

His video of Rudyard Kipling's "If" is his first of a literary classic poem on The West Coast.

This ESC encore video presentation is presented as part of The Archives of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project.

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.

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Most recently, Darryl Maximilian Robinson was named a winner of a 2022 Making The World Happening Award from Allevents.in for his numerous online theatre-related offerings at Allevents.in during the early years of The Covid-19 pandemic.