Editing Jonathan Frid (section)

==Later career==
Returning to New York, Frid began his journey back to the boards.<ref name="thespec.com"/> In 1977, he accepted an invitation from [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State College]] to appear in the role of Tony Cavendish in the comedy ''The Royal Family'' for their Professional Summer Series Festival.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Dark Shadows and Beyond - The Jonathan Frid Story |url=https://tubitv.com/movies/637245/dark-shadows-and-beyond-the-jonathan-frid-story |publisher=tubi, Inc. |access-date=11 August 2023}} Timestamp 55:07-55:20.</ref> This was followed by his participation in stage readings of new plays.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chelsea Theater Center |first1=Genesis Project Spring Reading Series |title=A Reading of Alpha and Omega |date=June 16, 1986 |volume=Dr. Jacobsen: Jonathan Frid}}</ref> Enjoying the low-key, independent nature of this work, he searched for other outlets and discovered one from a very unexpected source.<ref name="Internet Archive"/>

''Dark Shadows'', which featured an undead character, was a show that refused to die.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Story |first1=David |title=America on the Rerun: TV Shows That Never Die |date=1993 |publisher=Citadel Press, Carol Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=0-8065-1410-8 |pages=232, 238, 239}}</ref> It was being shown in various markets around the country and internationally - the first soap opera ever to have been syndicated.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Scott, Kathryn Leigh |author2=Pierson, Jim |title=The Dark Shadows Almanac 30th Anniversary Tribute |date=1995 |publisher=Pomegranate Press, Ltd |location=Beverly Hills, CA |isbn=0-938817-41-8 |page=15}}</ref> Committed fans of the series were working to keep the show 'alive' through fan conventions and special events.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Scott, Kathryn Leigh |author2=Pierson, Jim |title=Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood |date=2012 |publisher=Pomegranate Press, Ltd. |location=Beverly Hills, CA |isbn=978-0-938817-66-6 |pages=4–8}}</ref> Frid overcame his reluctance and appeared in 1982 at an event called Shadowcon VI in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Dark Shadows and Beyond - The Jonathan Frid Story |url=https://tubitv.com/movies/637245/dark-shadows-and-beyond-the-jonathan-frid-story |publisher=tubi, Inc. |access-date=11 August 2023}} Timestamp 57:43-58:01.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Tom |title=Vampire actor of 1960's 'soap' on stage alone |work=Reading Eagle/Reading Times |agency=Eagle Times |date=September 16, 1988}}</ref>

In addition to question-and-answer sessions Frid read poems and prose, and received an enthusiastic response from the fans. For a new fan event dubbed the Dark Shadows Festival, he created a special program entitled ''Genesis of Evil'': Part I was cuttings from classic plays Frid had performed in his career; and Part II was poems and prose fans had written about Barnabas over the years.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Dark Shadows and Beyond - The Jonathan Frid Story |url=https://tubitv.com/movies/637245/dark-shadows-and-beyond-the-jonathan-frid-story |publisher=tubi, Inc. |access-date=11 August 2023}} Timestamp 59:20-59:57.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tartaglia |first1=John |title='Shadows' star takes solo show on road |work=Burlington County Times, NJ |date=October 25, 1989 |ref=Page B9|quote=The show evolved from the Shadowcon conventions, where Frid, tired of answering the same questions...asked if he might do some readings. Excited with the response, he put together a show.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wall |first1=John |title='Vampire trades in cape for stage readings |work=Altoona Mirror |date=January 25, 1988|quote=Frid said he began by performing readings from Shakespeare and other plays as well as pieces written by fans...}}</ref>

In 1985 Frid was invited to do a fundraising television special by the [[New Jersey Network]] during which he performed [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' and a soliloquy from ''Richard III''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cousin Barnabas |first1=(Wallace McBride) |title=Everything we know about Master of Dark Shadows |url=http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2019/03/everything-we-know-about-master-of-dark.html |website=Collinsport Historical Society |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Whatever Became Of"/> Following the broadcast, Frid met his business partner [[Mary O'Leary (producer)|Mary O'Leary]]. Together they formed the theatrical production company Clunes Associates to develop a one-man show, inspired by ''Genesis of Evil''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNeil |first1=Mark |title=New documentary looks at Hamilton actor Jonathan Frid and the vampire he made famous |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/flashbacks-hamilton/new-documentary-looks-at-hamilton-actor-jonathan-frid-and-the-vampire-he-made-famous/article_711d6dc1-d545-5a42-9989-0df879bc4310.html |access-date=August 7, 2023 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |date=March 8, 2022}}</ref> ''Jonathan Frid's Fools & Fiends'' had its debut at [[Salve Regina University]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in October 1986.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Relmer |first1=R.E. |title='Vampire' Frid bites into ghoulish tales |work=Newport (R.I.) Daily News Theater Review |date=October 20, 1986}}</ref>

Two months later, Frid succeeded [[Abe Vigoda]], also a ''Dark Shadows'' alumnus, as Jonathan Brewster in the highly successful 1986–87 Broadway revival of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=((46th Street Theater)) |title=Arsenic and Old Lace |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/arsenic-and-old-lace-4415#Replacements |website=Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) |publisher=ibdb |access-date=August 10, 2023 |ref=Replacements tab}}</ref> Frid toured the country for almost a year with co-stars [[Jean Stapleton]], [[Marion Ross]], [[Larry Storch]] and [[Gary Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Arsenic and Old Lace - Tour |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/arsenic-and-old-lace-517580#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) |publisher=ibdb |access-date=August 8, 2023 |ref=Opening Night Cast}}</ref> After completing the tour of ''Arsenic and Old Lace'', he completely focused on his one-man show ''Jonathan Frid's Fools & Fiends'', eventually creating two more shows:  ''Jonathan Frid's Fridiculousness'' and ''Jonathan Frid's Shakespearean Odyssey''. Discovering that [[Readers theater|reader's theater]] was his favorite form of acting, he toured for the next eight years performing at numerous colleges, universities, libraries, performing arts centers and private events across the United States and some locations in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Stewart |title=Out of the Shadows - Actor Jonathan Frid Makes a Hamilton Homecoming |work=The Hamilton Spectator - Life/Entertainment |date=October 17, 1990|quote=Frid currently has three shows on the go - Jonathan Frid's Fools and Fiends...Jonathan Frid's Fridiculousness...and Jonathan Frid's Shakespearean Odyssey...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Voedisch |first1=Lynn |title='Dark' Star Emerges from the 'Shadows' |work=Chicago Sun Times - Arts & Show |date=September 26, 1990 |ref=Pages 43, 46|quote=Frid's readers theatre pieces, which he has been taking around the country since 1988...}}</ref> While on campuses, he also conducted acting workshops with students and seminars on Shakespeare with educators, fulfilling his deep-rooted desire to teach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Winkie |title=Frid enjoying his work in reader's theater |work=Goldsboro News-Argus |date=October 14, 1990|quote=...he is...combining his love for teaching and acting in a series of reader's theater programs... }}</ref>

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In 1993 Frid welcomed an invitation from [[Georgia College & State University]] to direct ''[[The Lion in Winter]]''. While Frid had been directing himself for years in his one-man shows, this was first time he would be directing a company of players since his days at Yale more than a quarter of a century earlier. He selected his former ''Dark Shadows'' colleague [[Marie Wallace]] to portray [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Frid directs first play at GC |work=The Union-Recorder, Milledgeville, GA |date=February 12, 1993 |ref=Lifestyles section first page|quote=Marie Wallace will play the role of...Eleanor in 'The Lion in Winter', and Jonathan Frid will direct.}}</ref>

At the age of 70, Frid moved back to Canada, where he bought his first house in [[Ancaster, Ontario]].<ref name=macle1/> He was a regular visitor at the [[Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario)]], became a member of the [[Richard III Society]] of Canada,<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Sheilah |title=Richard III Society of Canada |url=https://www.richardiii.ca/ |website=Letter of confirmation, September 13, 2023}}</ref> and in 1997 was the Narrator in a production of ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' at the Central Presbyterian Church of Hamilton.<ref>{{cite document |title=1997 Annual Report and Church Directory |publisher=Central Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, Canada|quote=...Sundays at Three series concerts (which included...'Peter and the Wolf' played and narrated by Jonathan Frid...}}</ref>  From 1998 to 2002 under the banner of Charity Associates he occasionally performed his one-man shows for charities in Canada and the United States.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Dark Shadows and Beyond - The Jonathan Frid Story |url=https://tubitv.com/movies/637245/dark-shadows-and-beyond-the-jonathan-frid-story |publisher=tubi, Inc. |access-date=11 August 2023}} Timestamp 1:17:58-1:18:07.</ref> In 2000, he starred as Father Tim Farley in the two-character play ''[[Mass Appeal (play)|Mass Appeal]]'', which enjoyed a successful, limited run in Hamilton and at the Stirling Festival Theatre in [[Stirling, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Broadway World |title=Jonathan Frid |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jonathan-Frid/ |website=Broadway World}} "In June 2000, he returned to the traditional professional stage in the play "Mass Appeal" at the Stirling Festival Theatre in Stirling, Ontario."</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Not identified |title=Jonathan Frid and Dean Hollin have Mass Appeal |work=Ancaster News |agency=The Hamilton Spectator |date=June 14, 2000|quote=Theatre Aquarius presents eight performances of ''Mass Appeal'' starring Jonathan Frid and Dean Hollin.}} Theatre Aquarius is in Hamilton, Ontario.</ref>

In 2007, Frid returned, after more than a decade, to the Dark Shadows Festivals to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his first appearance as Barnabas Collins.<ref>{{cite web |last1=pansyfaye |title=Dark Shadows Festival 2007 |url=https://alt.tv.dark-shadows.narkive.com/Tij8KnoH/dark-shadows-festival-2007 |website=alt.tv.dark_shadows |publisher=NARKIVE Newsgroup Archive |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>  Subsequently, he attended the annual festival for the next four years.<ref name="Stories - John Frid">{{cite web |last1=Hamilton Community Foundation |title=Stories - John Frid |url=https://www.hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/impact/stories/john-frid/ |website=Hamilton Community Foundation |access-date=9 August 2023 |ref="John established his fund in 2002.}}</ref> In 2010 he returned to the role of Barnabas for the first time in thirty-nine years in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''Dark Shadows'' audio drama ''[[The Night Whispers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37281/jonathan-frid-reprises-role-barnabas-collins-dark-shadows-audio-return|title=Jonathan Frid Reprises Role of Barnabas Collins for Dark Shadows Audio Return|publisher=Dreadcentral.com|date=April 30, 2010|access-date=May 3, 2012|archive-date=May 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525082536/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37281/jonathan-frid-reprises-role-barnabas-collins-dark-shadows-audio-return|url-status=live}} Archived version requires text blocking to make text visible.</ref>

Along with former ''Dark Shadows'' castmates [[Lara Parker]], [[David Selby]], and [[Kathryn Leigh Scott]], Frid spent three days at [[Pinewood Studios]] in June 2011 filming a [[cameo appearance]] as a guest in the "[[happening]]" scene for the 2012 [[Tim Burton]] ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' film,<ref>{{cite web|last=Woman|first=The|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/45908/san-diego-comic-con-2011-dark-shadows-panel-highlights-original-cast-cameos-confirmed-tim|title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Dark Shadows Panel Highlights; Original Cast Cameos Confirmed for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows Film|publisher=Dreadcentral.com|date=July 23, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2012|archive-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505172106/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/45908/san-diego-comic-con-2011-dark-shadows-panel-highlights-original-cast-cameos-confirmed-tim|url-status=dead}}</ref> which became his final film appearance. The film's star [[Johnny Depp]] told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' “Jonathan Frid was the reason I used to run home to watch ''Dark Shadows''. His elegance and grace was an inspiration then and will continue to remain one. When I had the honor to finally meet him…he was elegant and magical as I had always imagined.”<ref name="Finn">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/johnny_depp_remembers_dark_shadows/310236|publisher=[[E!|E! Online]]|title=Johnny Depp Remembers Dark Shadows' Jonathan Frid: 'His Elegance and Grace Was an Inspiration'|first=Natalie|last=Finn| date=April 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Valerie |title=Jonathan Frid dies at 87; actor played key role on 'Dark Shadows' |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jonathan-frid-20120420-story.html |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>