COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Title.Alternate:
Hamlet
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Notes:
1870
Collection Information:
Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
Description:
Engraving, portrait of Booth as Hamlet ; after John Wilkes Booth's assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865, the infamy associated with the Booth name forced Edwin Booth to abandon the stage for many months. Edwin, who had been feuding with John Wilkes before the assassination, disowned him afterward, refusing to have John's name spoken in his house. He made his return to the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre in January 1866, playing the title role in Hamlet, which would eventually become his signature role
Subject.Persons:
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 -- Portraits ;Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
Subject:
Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century ;Shakespearean actors and actresses ;Actors -- Portraits ;Costume
Location:
United States
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
Image.Date:
2014
