Edwin Forrest
Subtitle: A Biography and Performance History
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781476677545
Subjects: Forrest, edwin, 1806-1872; Actors, united states; Actors, biography
Description: "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. 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"--