Edwin Forrest, first star of the American stage.

Edwin Forrest, first star of the American stage.

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Author / Creator:Moody, Richard, 1911-1996.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Imprint:New York, Knopf, 1960.
Description:415 pages illustrations 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Forrest, Edwin, -- 1806-1872.
Forrest, Edwin, -- 1806-1872.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2141738
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Other form:Online version: Moody, Richard, 1911-1996. Edwin Forrest, first star of the American stage. [1st ed.]. New York, Knopf, 1960
Table of Contents:
  • Twelve happy heirs
  • "The germ of tragic greatness"
  • On the Western circuit
  • New Orleans : crinoline and linsey-woolsey
  • Meeting Kean in Albany
  • Debut at the Bowery
  • Call to native playwrights
  • Metamora and Spartacus
  • Romance and red tape in Russia
  • Wedding at St. Paul's, Covent Garden
  • A $33,000 season
  • Town house in "Old Chelsea"
  • Hisses in London and Edinburgh
  • Scandal in Cincinnati
  • "Sweet Consuelo"
  • A bad night in Astor Place
  • Revelry on Sixteenth Street
  • Forrest vs. Forrest
  • The people's verdict
  • Gout, rheumatism, and sciatica
  • From Maine to California
  • The final exit
  • His mobile magic.

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