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Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth: 1833-1893
By Richard Lockridge
391 pages
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- Publisher:
- Century Co.
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication year:
- 1932
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Table of contents
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- Title Page *
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- I - Prologue 3
- II - A Tragedian is Born 10
- III - A Tragedian Begins 27
- IV - The Young Man Goes West 49
- V - "Hope of the Living Drama" 70
- VI - The Search for Art 98
- VII - The End of Youth 113
- VIII - A Hundred Nights of Hamlet 128
- IX - "Wretched and Unworthy Brother" 146
- X - Return from Exile 164
- XI - "Very Big Puddle" 178
- XII - "Worthiest Temple Of Dramatic Art" 196
- Title Page *
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- I - Prologue 3
- II - A Tragedian is Born 10
- III - A Tragedian Begins 27
- IV - The Young Man Goes West 49
- V - "Hope of the Living Drama" 70
- VI - The Search for Art 98
- VII - The End of Youth 113
- VIII - A Hundred Nights of Hamlet 128
- IX - "Wretched and Unworthy Brother" 146
- X - Return from Exile 164
- XI - "Very Big Puddle" 178
- XII - "Worthiest Temple Of Dramatic Art" 196
- XIII - "This Stupendous Fizzle" 214
- XIV - Ducats--And a Destructive Critic 229
- Xv Mr. Booth Arranges 240
- XVI - His British Luck--And Henry Irving 258
- XVII - Death and Wrangling 274
- XVII - Triumph in Germany 282
- XIX - Edwin Booth And Lawrence Barrett 294
- XX - The Players and After 311
- XXI - The Sands Run Out 323
- XXII - Epilogue 332
- Index 347