American Tragedian : The Life of Edwin Booth /

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 infa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watermeier, Daniel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Booth, Edwin > 1833-1893
Booth, Edwin, > 1833-1893.
Actors.
Acteurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Actors > United States > Biography.
USA
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Father and son, 1833-1852
  • From stock actor to California star, 1852-1856
  • The mantle of the father, 1856-1862
  • Triumph and tragedy, 1862-1865
  • Producer and theatre builder, 1866-1875
  • National star, 1875-1880
  • The second trial of London, 1880-1881
  • Wandering star, 1881-1883
  • Homecoming, 1883-1886
  • The Booth-Barrett tours, 1886-1890
  • The curtain descends, 1890-1893.

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