Smoking my pipe. Wondering why I was born during a comet storm and why I had a 'caul' on my head... "Spiritualism", "Melchisedek", And of course - 18th and 19th century acting, actors, etc.
ACTING SCHOOLS - RECOMMENDATIONS:
SANDE SHURIN / TRANSFORMATIONAL ACTING
Transformational Acting - Sande Shurin and Bruce Levy, Woodstock, new york.
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the following people were or are members of
The Players, located in New York City in Gramercy Park.
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The Players' Friend Space
Edwin Booth has over 60"Player" friends and we're trying to list them all soon. Below right at bottom we list over 600 Friends total.
Musical interests:
Southern pre-Civil war Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar and Classical. Taught Banjo by one of Pa's workers on the estate...
Movies
What's a movie? Those new fangled things invented by Thomas Edison?
Plays and Characters played: Hamlet; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Iago; Shylock; Richard the II; Richard the III; Brutus, Cassius & Antony in Julius Caesar; Richeliu; Bertuccio; Sir Edward Mortimer; Pescara; Lucius Junius Brutus; and other various characters...
Television
what the hell is television?
Books
My Library is extensive and can be found at "The Players" - it is now called the Hampden-Booth Library. (Too many books to list here) You can access the library below.
An incomplete book/dissertation list for information on Edwin Booth:
· Winter, William. Life and Art of Edwin Booth. Macmillan, 1893.
· Shattuck, Charles H. The Hamlet of Edwin Booth. University of Illinois Press, 1969.
· Oggel, L. Terry. Edwin Booth: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1992.
· Watermeier, Daniel J., ed. Between Actor and Critic: Selected Letters of Edwin Booth and William Winter. Princeton University Press, 1971.
· Shattuck, Charles H. Shakespeare on the American Stage: From the Hallams to Edwin Booth. Vol. 1. Folger, 1976.
· Watermeier, Daniel J., ed. Edwin Booth's Performances: The Mary Isabella Stone Commentaries. UMI Research Press, 1990.
· Oggel, L. Terry, ed. The Letters and Notebooks of Mary Devlin Booth. Greenwood Press, 1987.
Other Excellent Sources
· Archer, Stephen M. Junius Brutus Booth: Theatrical Prometheus. Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.
· Clarke, Asia Booth. The Elder and Younger Booth. Osgood, 1882.
· Furness, Horace Howard, et al., eds. The Variorum Shakespeare. Vol. 6: Othello (1888); and Vol. 7: Merchant of Venice (1888). Lippincott, 1871-1940. Contain acting notes by Booth for performing the roles.
· Grossmann, Edwina Booth. Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter and Letters to Her and to His Friends. Century, 1894.
· Kimmel, Stanley. The Mad Booths of Maryland. Bobbs, 1940.
· Lockridge, Richard. Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth, 1833-1893. Century, 1932.
· Matthews, Brander, and Laurence Hutton. Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States. Cassell, 1886.
· Oggel, L. Terry. "A Short Title Guide to the Edwin Booth Literary Materials at The Players." Performing Arts Resources 3 (1976): 98-142.
· Oggel, L. Terry. "A Guide to Edwin Booth Literary Materials at the New York Public Library." Bulletin of Research in the Humanities 82 (Spring 1979): 90-104.
· Ruggles, Eleanor. Prince of Players: Edwin Booth. Norton, 1953.
· Shattuck, Charles H. "The Theatrical Management of Edwin Booth." The Theatrical Manager in England and America; Player of a Perilous Game: Philip Henslowe, Tate Wilkinson, Stephen Price, Edwin Booth, Charles Wyndham. Joseph W. Donohue, Jr., ed. Princeton University Press, 1971, pp. 143-88.
· Skinner, Otis. The Last Tragedian: Booth Tells His Own Story. Dodd, 1939.
· Towse, J. Ranken. "Last Tragedian of his Era." Saturday Review of Literature 9 (22 Oct 1932): 187.
· Watermeier, Daniel J. "Edwin Booth's Richelieu." Theatre History Studies 1 (1981): 1-19.
· Watermeier, Daniel J. "Edwin Booth's Iago." Theatre History Studies 6 (1986): 32-55.
-- RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY MATERIALS (IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE) --
· The Players, New York City. For an inventory of Booth materials at The Players, see Oggel, above.
· New York Public Library, Theatre Collection, New York City. For inventory of Booth materials at the New York Public Library, see Oggel, above).
Thomas Edison who recorded my voice - something you'll all be able to hear in the coming weeks... Stay tuned.
I must mention my 1st wife again...: Mary Devlin, I don't know if she'll ever forgive me; I have destroyed myself by not being with her @ the end,
whom I married, July 7th, 1860 in NYC,
...in the presence of my brother (forever un-named in my presence), & Adam Badeau. The Rev. Sam Osgood joined us in matrimony at No. 154 (as of 1893 118), West 11th Street, NYC - in the Rev.'s study.(I'm unsure if it is still there...)
Finding these people on Myspace:
Mary Devlin - the Love of my Life, Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Grossman - (my daughter Edwina and husband), Lawrence Barrett, William Winter, Adam Badeau, Joseph Jefferson, Albert M. Palmer, Laurence Hutton, Mark Twain, General Sherman, John S. Clarke, John Gilbert, Edmond S. Connor, James E. Murdoch, Thomas w. Parsons, Victor Hugo, J.R. Osgood, Mary Anderson, Mme. Modjeska, Charles Daly, Eastman Johnson,Horace Howard Furness, William Bispham, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Park Goodwin, Creston Clarke, E.H. Southern, Daniel Frohman, Alexander Salvini, Francis Wilson, Owen Fawcett, Minna K. Gale (Haynes), Branders Matthews, John Drew, Mrs. Siddons, Ellen Terry, Augustin Daly, Thomas Keene, Joseph Proctor, Wilson Barrett, Henry Irving, Frederic Vroom, Benjamin G. Rogers, Beaumont Smith, George Hazleton, Charles Rankin, Stuart Robson, Maude Adams, Nat C. Goodwin, William Morris, Mrs. John Drew, MME. Janaushek, Otis Skinner, Fredrick Warde, Marie Burroughs, Roland Reed, Lillian Russell, Miss Viola Allen, Kyrle Bellew, Denman Thompson, The Kendals, Charles F. Coghlan, Rose Coghlan, Mrs. Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Clara Louise Kellogg, Eleonora Duse, William Warren, Tommaso Salvini, Marie Burroughs, John McCullough, Charlotte Crabtree (Lotta), Fanny Davenport, Lydia Thompson, Dion Boucicualt, Sarah Bernhardt, Charles S. Rogers, Julia Marlowe, James H. Stoddart, Ada Rehan, George Arliss, Ethel Barrymore, Charlotte Cushman, and the list goes on...
The school listed above was my web-developer's... I was taught by my father, tutors and some old school way back when in Maryland.
Make sure you visit my library and "The Players" above by clicking on links.
Edwin Booth's Companies
Booth's Theatre New York City, New York US Former Owner Operator Director / Producer
Mid to late 19th Century
Booth / Barrett Acting Tours Many, All over country US Actors and Company Actors, Directors & Producers
1886-91
Junius Brutus Booth and Son All over the USA, Especially California 1852 US Actors No division as actors until Father left and died on the Mississippi River aboard the the steamboat "Cheneworth"
1847-1852
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I am Edwin Booth - the leading Shakespearean actor of the late 19th Century. Born: 13-Nov-1833 Birthplace: Belair, Maryland, Died: 7-Jun-1893, New York City. Our Family - the Patriarchal family of the American Stage. Father: Junius Brutus Booth actor, b. 1796 in London, d. 1852. (I'm not the booth that shot our beloved President Lincoln.... that was my idiot brother.)
stare in dimidio rerum!
You'll have
to forgive me lying about my age, but I'm 175 years old this coming November. Born in 1833
during a "Shooting Star" evening and past away into the "Spirit" world in 1893
at the age of 60, when the electricity went off in Gramercy Park, NYC, at "The
Players" - a club a few gentlemen and I started in the late 1800's.
"The
Players" is a club and still stands today. It is the main meeting place for AEA,
SAG and other union actors, along with many key 'players' in the world of
yesterday and today. I'll have links to places like this in the very near
future. Thanks for stopping by and tell your 18th and 19th Century friends to
stop by. (20th or 21st century Theatre/Film/Actors/Players are welcomed...)
Those that
joined incorporating the "Club" called simply: "The Players", on January 7th,
1888 were: Lawrence Barrett, William Bispham, Myself - Edwin Booth, Samuel
Clemens (Mark Twain), Augustin Daly, Joseph F. Daly, John Drew, Henry Edwards,
Laurence Hutton, Joseph Jefferson, John A. Lane, James Lewis, Branders Mathews,
Stephen H. Olin, A. M. Palmer, and General William T. Sherman.
Whether you
are a former member or current member of "The Players" and are on Myspace, you
will be afforded the friendship I extend toward you and a place at this site.
Finally, I'd like to explain, again, that I am not the 'booth' that shot lincoln. Unfortunately it was one of my brothers. Our family was considered the patriarchal family of the American Stage - My father, who started it all, was Junius Brutus Booth and another of our siblings was Junius Brutus Booth II who had his own theatre in San Fransico. One of our brothers sullied the family name, stigmatized and erased the truth of our loving, giving family. Only noble men, such as William Winter and other late 19th early 20th century authors, have revived our rich heritage and revealed who we 'were' before our family 'Tragedy'. I will be listing many books that you can read to shed more light on our family.
Warm Regards,
Edwin T. Booth
Also: as this site grows in numbers, it will be prudent to afford those of either the 18th or 19th century places in the top 24 presented here. (Ale te ipsam)
Click here for the link to
The Players,
which is hosted by their own organization. (not this web-site)
Who I'd like to meet:
Mark Twain ;
John Singer Sargent;
General William Tecumseh Sherman;
President Grover Cleveland;
James Cagney;
William Powell;
Humphrey Bogart;
Gary Cooper;
Clark Gable;
Gregory Peck;
Spencer Tracy ;
Robert Montgomery ;
John Gilbert;
Mr. Claude Rains;
Robert Benchley;
james thurber;
Tyrone Power;
Alan Hale;
L. Frank Baum;
Vincent Price;
Boris Karloff;
Basil Rathbone;
Edward Everett Horton;
Lionel Barrymore;
John Barrymore;
Jimmy Stewart;
Burgess Meredith;
Charles Laughton;
Joseph Cotten;
Harry S Truman;
Preston Sturges;
James Maitland Stewart;
Spencer Tracy;
Sidney Poitier;
Richard Barthelmess;
Humphrey Bogart;
Pat O'Brien;
Montgomery Clift;
John Steinbeck;
Alfred Hitchcock;
Lauren Bacall;
Jason Robards;
Carol Burnett;
Liv Ullmann;
Robert Vaughn;
James Woods;
Morgan Freeman;
Leslie Howard;
Fredric March;
Ernest Hemingway;
Cole Porter;
Laurence Olivier;
University of Tennessee Knoxville Booth/Barrett/Fawcett slide show coming soon.
VINTAGE ANGEL
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