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Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History
Author(s): Arthur W. Bloom (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Co
- Publication Date: 30 July 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 360 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786472898
- ISBN-13: 9780786472895
Book Description
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 full 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 appendix 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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About the Author
Arthur W. Bloom is a retired Dean of Visual and Performing Arts from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA. He lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, USA.
