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1893. A memoir of Edwin Booth, the American actor, based upon the author's intimate personal knowledge of the subject, and information provided to him by Booth himself. Booth followed his father onto the stage, but it was thought that the genius of the father had not descended to the son. It... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Richard: Add a description of this character.
- Richelieu
- Edwin Booth
- Lawrence Barrett
- King Lear
- Macbeth
- Edmund Kean
- Stuart
- Shakespeare
- Robertson
- Wallack
- Joseph Jefferson
- John S. Clarke
- Edward Mortimer
- Bertuccio
- Henry Irving
- Giles Overreach
- Gloster
- Macready
- Bateman
- John Mccullough
- Antony
- Edwin Adams
- Charles Kean
- Laurence Hutton
- Charlotte Cushman
- Ruy Bias
- Augustin Daly
- Mary
- Junius
- Claude Melnotte
- Modjeska
- Kemble
- Benedick
- John Wilkes
- Cooke
- William Bispham
- Davenport
- Garrick
- Dion Boucicault
- Romeo
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- London
- England
- America
- Boston
- Shylock
- California
- Winter Garden
- Baltimore
- Philadelphia
- San Francisco
- Richmond
- Germany
- Berlin
- Othello
- Desdemona
- Chicago
- Sacramento
- Hemeya
- Paris
- Cordelia
- Ophelia
- Delmonico
- Niblo
- Long Branch
- Pescara
- Portia
- Dublin
- Brooklyn
First Sentence edit
IN the beginning of this century the principal tragic figures on the American stage were Hodgkinson and Cooper.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 792
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