Edwin Forrest: A Biography and Performance History

by Arthur W Bloom

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. His rivalry with the English tragedian William Charles Macready led to the Astor Place Riot, and his divorce from Catharine Sinclair Forrest was one of the greatest social scandals of the period. This full-length biography examines Forrest's personal life while acknowledging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677549
• ISBN13: 9781476677545
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher