Edwin Booth

Author : James Cross Giblin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0618096426

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Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin Pdf

On April 14, 1865, five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth fired a single shot and changed the course of American history. His infamous deed cost him his life and brought notoriety and shame to his family-particularly his elder brother, the renowned actor Edwin Booth. From that day forward, Edwin would be known as "the brother of the man who killed President Lincoln." In many ways, the Booth brothers were two of a kind. They were among America's finest actors, having inherited from their father, Junius Brutus Booth, a commanding stage presence and a rich, expressive voice. They also inherited Junius's penchant for alcohol and impulsive behavior. In other respects, the two brothers were very different. Edwin's introspective nature made him the perfect actor to play Hamlet, while John, with his dashing good looks and passionate intensity, excelled in romantic roles. They also stood at opposite poles politically. Edwin voted for Abraham Lincoln; John was an ardent advocate of the Confederacy. Award-winning author James Cross Giblin draws on first-hand accounts of family members, friends, and colleagues to create a vivid image of John Wilkes, the loving son and brother who became an assassin. Equally clear is the picture of Edwin, who battled his own weaknesses and emerged a pivotal figure in the development of the American theater. Comprehensive and compelling, this dual portrait illuminates a dark and tragic moment in the nation's history and explores the complex legacy of two leading men-one revered, the other abhorred. Book jacket.

Author : Charles Harlen Shattuck
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : 1564-1616
ISBN : 0252000196

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The Hamlet of Edwin Booth by Charles Harlen Shattuck Pdf

Author : Arthur W. Bloom
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1187 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476601465

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Edwin Booth by Arthur W. Bloom Pdf

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.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382810474

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Edwin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Daniel J. Watermeier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0826220487

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American Tragedian by Daniel J. Watermeier Pdf

When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, his older brother Edwin was devastated. A leading stage star, Edwin Booth thought his career had ended. But with the support of countless theatergoers, over the next thirty years Booth would overcome the shadow of John Wilkes's infamy and steadily advance a reputation as America's greatest-ever Shakespearean actor, the American tragedian par excellence. Daniel J. Watermeier has, through decades of tireless research paired with his own sharp insight, put together the most complete Edwin Booth biography to date. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials and contemporary theatrical scholarship, American Tragedian: The Life of Edwin Booth gives more attention than previous biographies to Booth's apprentice and journeyman years; his rise in antebellum America to stardom with a new, acclaimed style of acting; his work as an innovative theater builder and theatrical producer; his several foreign tours; and his nationwide tours in the late 1880s. It also addresses Booth's critical reception in dozens of cities in America and abroad and situates his professional activities within the events and trends of the time. As interesting as it is informative, Watermeier's book offers an in-depth look at the triumphal career and tumultuous life of one of the American stage's most celebrated figures.

Author : Edwin Booth,Edwina Booth Grossman
Publisher : New York : Century Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Actors
ISBN : PRNC:32101066163252

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Edwin Booth by Edwin Booth,Edwina Booth Grossman Pdf

Author : William Winter
Publisher : New York, London, Macmilan and Company
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Actors
ISBN : HARVARD:HNGEBE

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Life and Art of Edwin Booth by William Winter Pdf

"This biography rests upon intimate personal knowledge of the subject, and upon information furnished to me by Booth himself. He was aware that I intended to write his Life, and he expressed approval of that intention."from the author's preface

Author : Nora Titone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1416586164

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My Thoughts Be Bloody by Nora Titone Pdf

The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American history. The literal story of what happened on April 14, 1865, is familiar: Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a lunatic enraged by the Union victory and the prospect of black citizenship. Yet who Booth really was—besides a killer—is less well known. The magnitude of his crime has obscured for generations a startling personal story that was integral to his motivation. My Thoughts Be Bloody, a sweeping family saga, revives an extraordinary figure whose name has been missing, until now, from the story of President Lincoln’s death. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes’s older brother by four years, was in his day the biggest star of the American stage. He won his celebrity at the precocious age of nineteen, before the Civil War began, when John Wilkes was a schoolboy. Without an account of Edwin Booth, author Nora Titone argues, the real story of Lincoln’s assassin has never been told. Using an array of private letters, diaries, and reminiscences of the Booth family, Titone has uncovered a hidden history that reveals the reasons why John Wilkes Booth became this country’s most notorious assassin. These ambitious brothers, born to theatrical parents, enacted a tale of mutual jealousy and resentment worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy. From childhood, the stage-struck brothers were rivals for the approval of their father, legendary British actor Junius Brutus Booth. After his death, Edwin and John Wilkes were locked in a fierce contest to claim his legacy of fame. This strange family history and powerful sibling rivalry were the crucibles of John Wilkes’s character, exacerbating his political passions and driving him into a life of conspiracy. To re-create the lost world of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, this book takes readers on a panoramic tour of nineteenth-century America, from the streets of 1840s Baltimore to the gold fields of California, from the jungles of the Isthmus of Panama to the glittering mansions of Gilded Age New York. Edwin, ruthlessly competitive and gifted, did everything he could to lock his younger brother out of the theatrical game. As he came of age, John Wilkes found his plans for stardom thwarted by his older sibling’s meteoric rise. Their divergent paths—Edwin’s an upward race to riches and social prominence, and John’s a downward spiral into failure and obscurity—kept pace with the hardening of their opposite political views and their mutual dislike. The details of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln have been well documented elsewhere. My Thoughts Be Bloody tells a new story, one that explains for the first time why Lincoln’s assassin decided to conspire against the president in the first place, and sets that decision in the context of a bitterly divided family—and nation. By the end of this riveting journey, readers will see Abraham Lincoln’s death less as the result of the war between the North and South and more as the climax of a dark struggle between two brothers who never wore the uniform of soldiers, except on stage.

Author : Laurence Hutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020258950

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Edwin Booth by Laurence Hutton Pdf

Author : Eleanor Ruggles
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1376203294

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Prince of Players Edwin Booth by Eleanor Ruggles Pdf

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Author : John Chase Soliday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951001450337C

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The "Joint Star" Tours of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett by John Chase Soliday Pdf

Author : Arthur W. Bloom
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476677545

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Edwin Forrest by Arthur W. Bloom Pdf

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.

Author : Edwin Booth Crossmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1021272167

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Edwin Booth by Edwin Booth Crossmann Pdf

Author : K. Kippola
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137068774

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Acts of Manhood by K. Kippola Pdf

Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.

Author : William Winter
Publisher : Ayer Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Life and Art of Edwin Booth by William Winter Pdf

"This biography rests upon intimate personal knowledge of the subject, and upon information furnished to me by Booth himself. He was aware that I intended to write his Life, and he expressed approval of that intention."from the author's preface