Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

American actor.

Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles.

Edwin Booth was an American actor-manager in New York and with touring companies. He maintained a long-term personal and professional relationship with Lawrence Barrett, also an actor-manager.

American actor and theatrical scholar.

Edwin Booth was a prominent member of the famous Booth family of performers and one of the preeminent actors of his day. He toured with his father, Junius, and then succeeded on his own, renting the Winter Garden Theatre for his legendary 100-night run of Hamlet. Forced to retire after his brother assassinated President Lincoln, he returned to performing and in 1869 built Booth's Theatre in New York.

Both Booth and Barrett (1838-1891) were American actors best known for their Shakespearean roles.

American stage tragedian and a founder of the Players Club in New York City.

Booth was a prominent actor known for his Shakespearian roles. He founded the Players Club, an actors' guild, and published, The Last Tragedian. He was the brother of John Wilkes Booth.

Alfred Anthony Williams (1860- ), theologian, author and educator, was an executive and administrator of the Committee of the Federal Council of Christ, founder of the Federation Committee of Good Will Between Jews and Christians, and treasurer of the General Conference of Free Baptists.

American actor, 19th century.

Edwin Booth was an American actor-manager in New York and with touring companies.

He maintained a long-term personal and professional relationship with Lawrence Barrett, also an actor-manager.

Edwin Booth was a prominent actor in the American theater of the 19th century.

He was born into a theatrical family in 1833. His father, Junius Brutus, and his brothers, Junius and John Wilkes, were also actors. Edwin Booth died in 1893 and was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893) was born to the stage. His father, Junius Brutus Booth, was of a notable English theatre family and well established both in America and Europe. Thus, Edwin Booth not surprisingly became the first American actor to win European acclaim. Edwin Booth toured with his father's company and gained a world-wide reputation as a tragedian actor. He managed the Winter Garden Theatre in New York from 1863 to 1867 where in 1864 he played 100 consecutive performances of Hamlet. In 1864, Edwin Booth and his brothers, John Wilkes (President Lincoln's assassin) and Junius Brutus, performed in Julius Caesar together --- the only combined performances of their careers.

Edwin T. Booth built his own theatre following the destruction by fire of the Winter Garden Theatre in 1867. He established the theatre as a national playhouse for poetic drama, opening in 1869 with Romeo and Juliet. Unfortunately, the theatre was on the very edge of the theatre district; poor location and poor financial management combined to force the theatre into bankruptcy in 1873. Despite the failure of his theatre, Edwin Booth continued to tour as an internationally respected and successful actor. He became the first president of the Players Club after donating his house to the club in 1888. He lived there until his death in 1893.