Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History

ISBN-13: 9781476681269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 360 str.

Arthur W. Bloom

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• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Biography
• One. 1833–1849: "Born to the stage"
• Two. 1849–1852: "A long legged stripling …
• awkward as a young duck"
• Three. 1852–1856: "Full of promise … and Bowery rant"
• Four. Professional and Family Life, 1856–1860
• Five. 1857–1860: Booth, Mary Devlin and Adam Badeau
• Six. America and England, 1860–1862: "At a larger circumference"
• Seven. 1862–1863: "Tell Molly I'm coming"
• Eight. 1863–1865: "If it goes a year, keep it up!"
• Nine. Edwin and John Wilkes Booth: "Life's too short to spend in grieving"
• Ten. 1865–1867: "Something to keep us above the surf"
• Eleven. Mary McVicker: "The best actress we've had for a century"
• Twelve. Booth's Theatre, 1867–1869: "A temple to art"
• Thirteen. Booth's Theatre, 1869–1871: "The currency of good intentions is not bankable money"
• Fourteen. Booth's Theatre, 1871–1883: "So much for high-old-art"
• Fifteen. Family Life, 1870–1880: "My house has been a hospital"
• Sixteen. England, 1880–1881: "The verdict of foreigners"
• Seventeen. 1881–1882: The Death of Mary McVicker
• Eighteen. Europe, 1882–1883: "The most important engagement of my life"
• Nineteen. 1883–1886: Touring and Family Life
• Twenty. The 1886-1887 Season: "It is time to harvest all I can"
• Twenty-One. 1887–1888: Booth and Barrett
• Twenty-Two. "The Booth and Barrett Social Company"
• Twenty-Three. 1888–1889: The Second Booth and Barrett Tour
• Twenty-Four. 1889–1890: Touring with Modjeska
• Twenty-Five. 1890–1893: Illness, Last Tour and Death
• Part II: Performance History
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index