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American tragedian : the life of Edwin Booth / Daniel J. Watermeier.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.B5 W38 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watermeier, Daniel J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
- Booth, Edwin.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, MO : University Of Missouri Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Father and Son, 1833-1852 1
- Chapter 2 From Stock Actor to California Star, 1852-1856 19
- Chapter 3 The Mantle of the Father, 1856-1862 45
- Chapter 4 Triumph and Tragedy, 1862-1865 89
- Chapter 5 Producer and Theatre Builder, 1866-1875 125
- Chapter 6 National Star, 1875-1880 177
- Chapter 7 The Second Trial of London, 1880-1881 235
- Chapter 8 Wandering Star, 1881-1883 257
- Chapter 9 Homecoming, 1883-1886 287
- Chapter 10 The Booth-Barrett Tours, 1886-1890 309
- Chapter 11 The Curtain Descends, 1890-1893 353.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826220487
- 9780826220486
- OCLC:
- 880501013
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