Edwin Booth

A Biography and Performance History

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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The great nineteenth-century stage actor Edwin Booth began his long career in 1849 as a young teenager, following in his father's footsteps. This biography traces his life and career as a tragic actor, including his childhood; his early acting tours of California, Australia and Hawaii; his rise to fame as a touring star; his two marriages; his relationship with his brother John Wilkes Booth; his disastrous management of Booth's Theatre in New York City; and his death in 1891. The book includes an extensive performance history detailing every known Edwin Booth performance during his more than 30 years on the stage, with reviews and other supplementary materials.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-14
Mått178 x 254 x 18 mm
Vikt658 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476681269

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments delete viIntroduction delete 1Part I: BiographyOne. 1833–1849: “Born to the stage” delete 5Two. 1849–1852: “A long legged stripling … awkward as a young duck” delete 11Three. 1852–1856: “Full of promise … and Bowery rant” delete 17Four. Professional and Family Life, 1856–1860 delete 29Five. 1857–1860: Booth, Mary Devlin and Adam Badeau delete 36Six. America and England, 1860–1862: “At a larger circumference” delete 50Seven. 1862–1863: “Tell Molly I’m coming” delete 61Eight. 1863–1865: “If it goes a year, keep it up!” delete 68Nine. Edwin and John Wilkes Booth: “Life’s too short to spend in grieving” delete 74Ten. 1865–1867: “Something to keep us above the surf” delete 89Eleven. Mary McVicker: “The best actress we’ve had for a century” delete 93Twelve. Booth’s Theatre, 1867–1869: “A temple to art” delete 98Thirteen. Booth’s Theatre, 1869–1871: “The currency of good intentions is not bankable money” delete 103Fourteen. Booth’s Theatre, 1871–1883: “So much for high-old-art” delete 106Fifteen. Family Life, 1870–1880: “My house has been a hospital” delete 112Sixteen. England, 1880–1881: “The verdict of foreigners” delete 119Seventeen. 1881–1882: The Death of Mary McVicker delete 124Eighteen. Europe, 1882–1883: “The most important engagement of my life” delete 128Nineteen. 1883–1886: Touring and Family Life delete 135Twenty. The 1886-1887 Season: “It is time to harvest all I can” delete 142Twenty-One. 1887–1888: Booth and Barrett delete 149Twenty-Two. “The Booth and Barrett Social Company” delete 156Twenty-Three. 1888–1889: The Second Booth and Barrett Tour delete 161Twenty-Four. 1889–1890: Touring with Modjeska delete 166Twenty-Five. 1890–1893: Illness, Last Tour and Death delete 170Part II: Performance History delete 177Notes delete 297Bibliography delete 344Index delete 347