Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth (born November 13, 1833 in Belair , Maryland , † June 7, 1893 in New York City ) was an American actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth , the murderer of Abraham Lincoln .
Life
As an older brother, Edwin Booth - like her father - had set an example for an acting career. Under the direction of his father, the English actor Junius Brutus Booth , he prepared himself so well for the stage that in 1849 he played a small role in Shakespeare's Richard III. play with success and in 1851 his sick father as Richard III. could represent. He was especially true of his performances in Shakespeare - dramas particularly famous as: Among others, the roles of the included Macbeth , Hamlet , Shylock and Iago in the course of his successful career to his regular repertoire .
In 1863 or 1864, on a platform in Jersey City , he rescued Lincoln's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln , who had gotten off the platform edge between two wagons of a stopped train.
From 1869 to 1874 he was director of his own theater in New York.
In 1881 Booth, who was hailed as the best actor in the United States by the press ( Harper's new monthly magazine ), celebrated a successful tour of England .
It seems like a macabre irony of history that he himself celebrated his greatest stage successes as Macbeth in the role of the king or tyrant murderer .
filming
In 1955 the biography Prince of Players, written by Eleanor Ruggles , was filmed by 20th Century Fox with Richard Burton as Edwin Booth as King of the Actors .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Booth, Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belair , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1893 |
| Place of death | New York City |