Edwin Booth as Hamlet.

Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893), born near Bel Air, Maryland into the Booth family, was a famous 19th century American actor. Some theatre historians call him the greatest American actor and Hamlet of the 19th century. He was the son of another famous actor, Junius Brutus Booth, an Englishman, who named Edwin after Edwin Forrest and Thomas Flynn, two of Junius' colleagues. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (502x640, 53 KB) Summary Edwin Booth as Hamlet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (502x640, 53 KB) Summary Edwin Booth as Hamlet. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Bel Air is the county seat of Harford County, Maryland, United States. ... The Booth family was a British-American theatrical family of the 19th century. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Photo of Booth Junius Brutus Booth (May 1, 1796–November 30, 1852) was a British and American actor. ... This photograph of Edwin Forrest was taken by Matthew Brady. ...

Edwin's younger brother John Wilkes Booth, also an actor, assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Interestingly, Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son[1], Robert, from serious injury or even death by pulling him up onto a train platform (in Jersey City) after Robert had fallen. John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, infamous for his assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14,1865, who expired the next day. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809—April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865). ... Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was the first son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Ann Todd. ... The skyline of Jersey City, as seen from Lower New York Bay. ...

In his early appearances he usually performed alongside his father, making his stage debut in Richard III in Boston in 1849. Two years later, Edwin had his first starring role, standing in for his ailing father. Frontispage of the First Quarto Richard The Third. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

After his father's death in 1852, Booth went on a worldwide tour, visiting Australia and Hawaii, and finally gaining acclaim of his own during an engagement in Sacramento, California in 1856. 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: River City Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Government  - Mayor Heather Fargo Area  - City  99. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Before his brother murdered the president, Edwin had appeared with his two brothers John Wilkes and Junius Brutus Booth Jr. in Julius Caesar in 1864. John Wilkes played Marc Antony, Edwin played Brutus, and Junius played Cassius. It was a benefit show and the first and last time that the brothers would appear together on the same stage.

Wet collodion photograph of Edwin Booth taken by Mathew Brady c. 1860

From 1863 to 1867, Booth managed the Winter Garden Theater in New York City, mostly staging Shakespearean tragedies. In 1865, Booth purchased the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 467 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (3600 × 4616 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 467 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (3600 × 4616 pixel, file size: 1. ... The collodion process is an early photographic process which gave way in the late 19th century to todays gelatin emulsion process. ... Image:Matthew Brady 1875 cropped. ... Winter Garden Theatre was the final name of a theatre which had been constructed in New York in 1850. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Walnut Street Theatre (or simply The Walnut) is the oldest continuously-operating theatre in the English speaking world, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 825 Walnut Street. ...

After Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, the infamy associated with the Booth name forced Booth to abandon the stage for many months, a period dramatized in the 1955 Richard Burton movie Prince of Players, which was adapted from the biography of the same name by Eleanor Ruggles (ISBN 0-8371-6529-6). He made his return to the stage at the Winter Garden in January 1866, playing the lead in Hamlet. Hamlet would eventually become Booth's signature role. Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and is one of his best-known and is the most-quoted play in the English language. ...

In 1867, a fire damaged the Winter Garden Theatre, resulting in the building's subsequent demolition. Booth then built the Booth Theatre (completed in 1869) and continued a renowned acting career. The panic of 1873 caused the bankruptcy of the Booth Theatre in 1874. After the bankruptcy, Booth went on another worldwide tour, eventually regaining his fortune. 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Run on the Fourth National Bank, No. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration - see text) in the UK. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of a individuals or organizations to pay their... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Booth was married to Mary Devlin from 1860 to 1863, the year of her death. He later remarried, wedding Mary McVicker in 1869, and becoming a widower again in 1881. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In 1869, Edwin acquired his brother John's body after repeatedly writing to the president begging for it. The president finally released the remains, and Edwin had them buried, unmarked, in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery near Baltimore. Section T of the Green Mount Cemetery. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United...

In 1888 Booth founded the Players in New York, a club for actors and others associated with the arts, and dedicated his home to it. His final performance was, fittingly, in his signature role of Hamlet, in 1891 at the Brooklyn Academy. He died in 1893 at the Players, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery next to his first wife, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For $75,000, Edwin Booth purchased 16 Gramercy Park, New York City. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a major performing arts venue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant garde performance. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The club still exists at his home, at 16 Gramercy Park South, and until recently, held a portrait of Booth by the American painter John Singer Sargent. The painting was sold for several million dollars in order to pay Players Club debts. A copy now hangs above the fireplace in the Great Hall, where the original had hung for over a hundred years. Self Portrait, oil painting, 1907 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. ...

There is a chamber in Mammoth Cave in Kentucky called "Booth's Amphitheatre" - so called because Booth actually entertained visitors there. Mammoth Caves Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in south-central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most extensive cave system known in the world. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

Memories of Booth can still be found around Bel Air, Maryland. In front of the court house is a fountain dedicated to his memory. Inside the post office there is a portrait of him. Also, his childhood home, Tudor Hall, still stands and was bought in 2006 by Harford County, Maryland, to become a museum. A statue of him stands in Gramercy Park in New York City near his mansion. Bel Air is the county seat of Harford County, Maryland, United States. ... Gramercy Park (sometimes misspelled as Grammercy) is a small, fenced-in private park in the Gramercy neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, accessible only to residents of certain townhouses in the area who have keys to the park. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

See also

Ryan Michael Domschot got T-Bagged by Edwin Booth

External links

• Prince of Players at the Internet Movie Database
• Letters and observations to his daughter and friends