Arthur W. Bloom

Edwin Forrest

A Biography and Performance History

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677545
• ISBN-10: 1476677549
• Artikelnr.: 54436499

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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