Forrest, Edwin [Autographed Letter Signed]

Lingua: inglese

Editore: New York, 1852

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Autographed Letter Signed [ALS] from Edwin Forrest, dated May 8, 1852. 7"x4 1/2" pasted on 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" paper leaf. Written in New York: "Dear Sir, I intended to send you this note long before this time, but have been prevented from so doing by a vanity of affairs." Forrest [1806-1872], generally considered to be the first successful American-born actor in classic English language plays, was immensely popular in the U.S. and Europe and probably amassed a larger fortune through his acting career than any other actor anywhere in the 1800's. He was born in Philadelphia and made his debut as Douglas in Hone's play "Douglas" in that city. Forrest gave what was probably the earliest American "black-face" impersonation in 1823. His refined the better parts of his acting style by studying Edmund Kean, and played Othello in Nee York in 1826, that being his first notable success. He was the first actor to encourage American playwriting about American themes, in part through contests he sponsored. In 1834 he was the recipient of a medal and a banquet honoring him as the first great American actor, in New York. He was a bitter rival of actor William Macready, and blamed Macready's influence when he was hissed in "Macbeth" in England in 1845; Forrest, in turn, hissed Macready's performance of Hamlet. These incidents were believed to be the cause of the Astor Place Riot in 1849, when Forrest's admirers attempted to prevent Macready from appearing in the Astor Place Opera House, resulting in 22 deaths. Forrest donated substantial amounts of money to his favored charities, and started a home for actors too aged or sick to support themselves. A school in Philadelphia is named after him. Minor glue residue showing at top and left sides of letter, a bit of darkening to paper mounting leaf, small divots to left side of paper mounting leaf due to its extraction from a bound volume, else Near Fine. Leph.

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Titolo
Forrest, Edwin [Autographed Letter Signed]
Autore
[Forrest, Edwin]
Editore
New York
Anno di pubblicazione
1852
Condizione
Near Fine
Firmato
Entire Manuscript Holograph
Rilegatura
Soft cover
Lingua
inglese
Edizione
Original Manuscript
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Manuscripts / Holograph / ALS / TLS [Original]

Singularity Rare & Fine

Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.

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