COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Title.Alternate:
Hamlet
Title.Series:
Dr. Tice Miller Lecture Slides
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Title.Series.Notes:
The images and accompanying notes in this collection are taken from the lecture slides of Dr. Tice Miller, covering the history of theatrical practice from ancient cultures through the 20th century. These files contain depictions of theatrical spaces, scenery, costumes, lighting, practitioners, and theoreticians, augmented by historical artifacts and cultural materials.
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
Source:
Tice Miller, Professor Emeritus UNL ; scan from teaching slides, original source unknown
