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Edwin Forrest: A Biography and Performance History

Edwin Forrest: A Biography and Performance History

Bloom, Arthur W.

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsTheater History

ISBN10: 1476677549
ISBN13: 9781476677545
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

Edwin Forrest was the foremost American actor of the nineteenth century. His advocacy of American, and specifically Jacksonian, themes made him popular in New York's Bowery Theatre. His rivalry with the English tragedian William Charles Macready led to the Astor Place Riot, and his divorce from Catharine Sinclair Forrest was one of the greatest social scandals of the period. This full-length biography examines Forrest's personal life while acknowledging the impossibility of separating it from his public image. Included is a historical chronology of every known performance the actor gave.

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