Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

Along with other recent images and theatrical mementos, Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based stage-trained actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares notes and photos of his 2014 stage debut in a work by Agatha Christie with his portrayal of Inspector Colquhoun of Scotland Yard in a west coast revival of "The Hollow". During the course of his 48-year-long theatre career, veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( the Founder of both the multiracial, non-Equity professional chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project ) has had the pleasure of appearing in and staging several fine mysteries and thrillers, including one penned by one of the best whodunit authors of all time. Written in 1951, Agatha Christie's The Hollow is a crime drama based on her 1946 novel of the same name. The action takes place in the garden room of Sir He...

The Birth of The Idea of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago In the fall of 1984, while serving as a Guest Professional Director and Instructor for The University Players of The University of Missouri-St.Louis-UMSL, skilled AEA veteran actor and Theatre Project Company of St. Louis Member John Grassilli needed a strong dramatic actor that could handle the rich, lush language of Robert Bolt's greatest script and the leading role of Sir Thomas More for his revival staging of "A Man For All Seasons". During his audition process, the actor who met the demands of the role, the actor who proved best suited for the part, was a then 23-year-old, African-American, classically-trained, professional stage performer named Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a Chicago native who just appeared earlier in the year as a Guest Professional Actor playing the title role in Director Dr. James Barushok's revival staging of Shakespeare's "Othello" with The Stagepla...