Life and Art of Edwin Booth
Book Description
In writing this memoir of Edwin Booth I have largely expanded my sketch of him that ivas published in 1872, in association with portraits by William J. Hennessey, under the title of Edivin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters That sketchy brief and meagre and now superseded, has long been out of priiit, and it is inaccessible. I have also drawn upon scattered essays of mine, in the Nev York Tribune...
MoreIn writing this memoir of Edwin Booth I have largely expanded my sketch of him that ivas published in 1872, in association with portraits by William J. Hennessey, under the title of Edivin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters That sketchy brief and meagre and now superseded, has long been out of priiit, and it is inaccessible. I have also drawn upon scattered essays of mine, in the Nev York Tribune since 1865, and in other publications. This biography rests npon intimate personal knowledge of the subject, and upon information furnished to me by Booth himself He zvas aware that I intended to write his Life, and he expressed approval of that intention: for he knew that I honoured and loved him ;that I had folloived his career with sympathy and studious attention, ever since his return from California, in 1856 ,and that I was acquainted vvith it, and with his vicivs and feelings respecting it The story is that of a dreamer, who, nevertheless, threw himself into the strife of action ;a simple gentleman, vho was often perplexed and beivildcrcd, among the thorns and dangers of this world The chief ptib lie work of Boot fts life twas his effort to establish a great theatre, to be conducted in a high and liberal spirit, and to be devoted to all that is grand and fine in dramatic literature and art.
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