Edwin Booth

Edwin Booth was an American actor and theatre manager (1833–1893). He was born at Bel Air and died at New York City.

Also recorded as Edwin Thomas Booth; E. T. Booth.

Overview

Born at Bel Air in 1833, died at New York City in 1893.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Edwin Thomas Booth and E. T. Booth. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes. He married Mary McVicker Booth. One child is recorded: Edwina Booth Grossman.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1711 to 2000.

Small Spread, dated 1973. Return to Apache Springs, dated 1996. Rebel's return, dated 1982. John Sutter, Californian, dated 1963. GRUDGE KILLER, dated 1972. The Colorado Gun, dated 1985. Boot Heel range, dated 1958. Backshooters, dated 1969. Leadville, dated 1981. Desperate Dude. Hardcase Hotel. The Man From Dakota. Man Who Killed Tex. Crossfire. The Prodigal Gun. The Trail to Tomahawk. Shoot-out at Twin Buttes. The Desperate Dude. Law of the trigger. Wyoming Welcome. Urban Scene, dated ca. 1920s, etching, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 67.824.17. Saint Patrick's Church Renovation, Chicago, Illinois, Interior Elevation, dated 2000, graphite, watercolor, and gold ink on watercolor paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2003.55. Back to the Corral, dated c. 1942, gouache on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1942.303. Fighting the traffic in young girls, or, War on the white slave trade : a book designed to awaken the sleeping and to protect the innocent a complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls ... / by Ernest A. Bell ; with special chapters by the following persons, Edwin W. Sims ... [and others] ; with an astounding report of Chicago's Vice Commission., dated [1911], held by Wellcome Collection. Australian grass trees or yaccas (Xanthorrhoea australis) on the Australian plains with three people resting beneath them. Engraving by J. C. Armytage, c. 1873, after S. Prout., dated [1873], held by Wellcome Collection. Tree-ferns in an Australian forest with two hunters in the distance. Engraving by E. Brandard, c. 1873, after N. Chevalier., dated [1873], held by Wellcome Collection. Her Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Friday the sixth day of June, 1712, dated 1712, held by Wellcome Collection. Her Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Saturday the one and twentieth day of June, 1712, dated 1712, held by Wellcome Collection. Her Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Friday the seventh day of December, 1711, dated 1711, held by Wellcome Collection. A representation of the present state of religion , with regard to infidelity, heresy, impiety and popery: drawn up and agreed to by both Houses of Convocation in Ireland, pursuant to Her Majesty's command in her royal licence., dated 1711, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 37 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833-1893), actor and theatrical manager, American National Biography Online, 2000. EDWIN BOOTH, Shylock on the Stage, 2014. Edwin Booth, Shylock on the Stage, 2014. Edwin Booth : What they Also Saw When they Saw Booth’s Hamlet, Macready, Booth, Irving, Terry : Great Shakespeareans: Volume VI. 25. Edwin Booth, City of the Golden ’Fifties, 1941. ‘Rude am I in Meh Speech': Vocality and Victorian Shakespeare, 19, 2009.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Comedy of Don Caesar de Bazan (1878) — Internet Archive. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth (1881) — Internet Archive. AGROSTOLOGY (1964) — Internet Archive. The Tragedy of King Richard III: Colley Cibber's Version, as Produced by Edwin Booth, Wednesday ... (1872) — Internet Archive. hardcase hotel (1963) — Internet Archive. Most potent, grave... (Othello) (1890) — Internet Archive. Edwin Booth: recollections by his daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann and letters to her and to his ... (1902) — Internet Archive. prince of players (1953) — Internet Archive. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth as Produced by Edwin Booth (1874) — Internet Archive. Hamlet Galop! (1866) — Internet Archive. The influence of temperature and concentration on the toxicity of salts to fish (1918) — Internet Archive. Authors And Actors — Internet Archive.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is theatre and acting.

Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City.

Chronology

  1. 1833Edwin Booth born at Bel Air.
  2. 1872The Tragedy of King Richard III: Colley Cibber's Version, as Produced by Edwin Booth, Wednesday ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1878The Comedy of Don Caesar de Bazan digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1881Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1890Most potent, grave... (Othello) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1893Edwin Booth died at New York City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Edwin Booth”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q798506: Edwin Booth

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