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American Tragedian: The Life of Edwin Booth
Daniel J. Watermeier
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Description for American Tragedian: The Life of Edwin Booth
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, his older brother Edwin was devastated. A leading stage star, Edwin Booth thought his career had ended. But with the support of countless theatergoers, over the next thirty years Booth would overcome the shadow of John Wilkes’s infamy and steadily advance a reputation as America’s greatest-ever Shakespearean actor, the American tragedian par excellence.
Daniel J. Watermeier has, through decades of tireless research paired with his own sharp insight, put together the most complete Edwin Booth biography to date. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials and contemporary theatrical scholarship, American Tragedian: ... Read more gives more attention than previous biographies to Booth’s apprentice and journeyman years; his rise in antebellum America to stardom with a new, acclaimed style of acting; his work as an innovative theater builder and theatrical producer; his several foreign tours; and his nationwide tours in the late 1880s. It also addresses Booth’s critical reception in dozens of cities in America and abroad and situates his professional activities within the events and trends of the time.
As interesting as it is informative, Watermeier’s book offers an in-depth look at the triumphal career and tumultuous life of one of the American stage’s most celebrated figures. Show Less
When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, his older brother Edwin was devastated. A leading stage star, Edwin Booth thought his career had ended. But with the support of countless theatergoers, over the next thirty years Booth would overcome the shadow of John Wilkes’s infamy and steadily advance a reputation as America’s greatest-ever Shakespearean actor, the American tragedian par excellence.
Daniel J. Watermeier has, through decades of tireless research paired with his own sharp insight, put together the most complete Edwin Booth biography to date. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials and contemporary theatrical scholarship, American Tragedian: ... Read more gives more attention than previous biographies to Booth’s apprentice and journeyman years; his rise in antebellum America to stardom with a new, acclaimed style of acting; his work as an innovative theater builder and theatrical producer; his several foreign tours; and his nationwide tours in the late 1880s. It also addresses Booth’s critical reception in dozens of cities in America and abroad and situates his professional activities within the events and trends of the time.
As interesting as it is informative, Watermeier’s book offers an in-depth look at the triumphal career and tumultuous life of one of the American stage’s most celebrated figures. Show Less
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826220486
SKU
V9780826220486
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About Daniel J. Watermeier
Daniel J. Watermeier is the author of numerous articles and books on Booth and American theater and drama, including Edwin Booth’s Performances and The History of North American Theater (with Felicia Hardison Londré.) In 2003 he was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Theatre for his contributions to the history of the American stage.
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