Edwin Forrest - Couverture souple

Barrett, Lawrence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1104051451 ISBN 13 : 9781104051457

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Edwin Forrest is a biography of the famous American actor, Edwin Forrest, written by Lawrence Barrett and first published in 1881. The book chronicles Forrest's life, from his humble beginnings in Philadelphia to his rise to fame as one of the most renowned actors of his time. Barrett provides a detailed account of Forrest's early years, including his apprenticeship as a rope-maker and his early attempts at acting. He also explores Forrest's personal life, including his tumultuous marriage to actress Catherine Sinclair and his many affairs. The book is filled with anecdotes and stories about Forrest's performances, including his famous portrayal of Shakespearean characters such as Macbeth and Othello. Barrett also examines Forrest's impact on the American theater scene, as well as his involvement in various social and political causes of the time. Overall, Edwin Forrest is a comprehensive and engaging portrait of one of America's most celebrated actors, written by a fellow performer who knew him well.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1104051451
• ISBN 13: 9781104051457
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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