Edwin Forrest

Arthur W. Bloom

ISBN 10: 1476677549 / ISBN 13: 9781476677545

Verlag: McFarland and Co Inc, US, 2019

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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781476677545

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale University, Arthur W. Bloom has served as a professor and academic administrator at Loyola University Chicago, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; and Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Edwin Forrest
Verlag: McFarland and Co Inc, US
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New