Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth
Edwin Thomas Boothwas a famous 19th-century American actor who toured throughout America and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869 he founded Booth's Theatre in New York, a spectacular theatre that was quite modern for its time. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor, and the greatest Hamlet, of the 19th century. However, his achievements are often overshadowed by his relationship with his brother, John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth13 November 1833
CityBel Air, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.
A Christian is one who rejoices in the superiority of a rival.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
Nothing of fame or fortune can compensate for the spiritual suffering that one possessing such qualities has to endure.
But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls.
A frequent change of role, and of the lighter sort - especially such as one does not like forcing one's self to use the very utmost of his ability in the performance of - is the training requisite for a mastery of the actor's art.