Edwin Forrest was the foremost American actor of the nineteenth century. 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.
Edwin Forrest was the foremost American actor of the nineteenth century. 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.
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.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: A Biography One: "The spouting schoolboy" Two: "One continuous struggle" Three: "What a mountain of a man!" Four: "You have sent for me and I have come" Five: Forrest and Bird: The Gladiator, the Peruvian and the Broker Six: The Grand Tour Seven: "If I fail, I fail" Eight: Private Life and New Roles Nine: The Second English Tour Ten: Domestic Life in America Eleven: Forrest Versus Macready Twelve: The Astor Place Riot Thirteen: Not So Private Lives Fourteen: "There is no finality to the law, until they hang a man" Fifteen: "Melodrama is his true field" Sixteen: Touring During the Civil War Seventeen: The "Veteran does not lag superfluous on the stage" Eighteen: "I am busy and do not desire to be disturbed" Nineteen: "Steady me and let me go on" Part II: A Performance History Sources for Performance History Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: A Biography One: "The spouting schoolboy" Two: "One continuous struggle" Three: "What a mountain of a man!" Four: "You have sent for me and I have come" Five: Forrest and Bird: The Gladiator, the Peruvian and the Broker Six: The Grand Tour Seven: "If I fail, I fail" Eight: Private Life and New Roles Nine: The Second English Tour Ten: Domestic Life in America Eleven: Forrest Versus Macready Twelve: The Astor Place Riot Thirteen: Not So Private Lives Fourteen: "There is no finality to the law, until they hang a man" Fifteen: "Melodrama is his true field" Sixteen: Touring During the Civil War Seventeen: The "Veteran does not lag superfluous on the stage" Eighteen: "I am busy and do not desire to be disturbed" Nineteen: "Steady me and let me go on" Part II: A Performance History Sources for Performance History Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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