Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 1 (of 2)Alger, Horatio, Jr.
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Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 1 (of 2)
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872
NEWSPAPER ESTIMATES.--ELEMENTS OF THE DRAMATIC ART, AND ITS TRUE
STANDARD OF CRITICISM 432
CHAPTER XV.
PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE.--FONTHILL CASTLE.--JEALOUSY.--DIVORCE.
--LAWSUITS.--TRAGEDIES OF LOVE IN HUMAN LIFE AND IN THE DRAMATIC
ART 482
CHAPTER XVI.
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF THE PLAYER.--RELATIONS WITH OTHER
PLAYERS.--THE FUTURE OF THE DRAMA 523
CHAPTER XVII.
OUTER AND INNER LIFE OF THE MAN 549
CHAPTER XVIII.
PRIZES AND PENALTIES OF FAME 582
CHAPTER XIX.
FRIENDSHIPS.--THEIR ESSENTIAL NATURE AND DIFFERENT LEVELS.--THEIR
LOSS AND GAIN, GRIEF AND JOY 606
CHAPTER XX.
PLACE AND RANK OF FORREST AS A PLAYER.--THE CLASSIC, ROMANTIC,
NATURAL, AND ARTISTIC SCHOOLS OF ACTING 639
CHAPTER XXI.
HISTORIC EVOLUTION AND SOCIAL USES OF THE DRAMATIC ART.--GENIUS
AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE LIBERAL PROFESSIONS.--HOSTILITY OF THE
CHURCH AND THE THEATRE 671
CHAPTER XXII.
FORREST IN SEVEN OF HIS CHIEF ROLES.--CHARACTERS OF IMAGINATIVE
PORTRAITURE.--RICHELIEU.--MACBETH.--RICHARD.--HAMLET.
--CORIOLANUS.--OTHELLO.--LEAR 720
CHAPTER XXIII.
CLOSING YEARS AND THE EARTHLY FINALE 795
APPENDIX.
I. THE WILL OF EDWIN FORREST 849
II. THE FORREST MEDALS AND TOKENS 855
LIST OF STEEL PLATES.
PAGE
Portrait of EDWIN FORREST ætat. 46. Engraved by _Fred. Halpin_
(Frontispiece).
" " " 21 Engraved by _Fred. Halpin_ 262
EDWIN FORREST as VIRGINIUS " _W. G. Jackman_ 230
" METAMORA " _Jas. Bannister_ 237
" SPARTACUS " _Fred. Halpin_ 249
REBECCA FORREST " _R. Whitechurch_ 424
EDWIN FORREST as SHYLOCK " _D. G. Thompson_ 738
" MACBETH " _Augustus Robin_ 739
" RICHARD III. " _H. B. Hall & Sons_ 746
" HAMLET " _G. H. Cushman_ 751
" OTHELLO " _G. R. Hall_ 769
" KING LEAR " _G. H. Cushman_ 781
Portrait of EDWIN FORREST ætat. 66 " _H. B. Hall & Sons_ 795
FORREST MEDALS " _Samuel Sartain_ 855
The engravings of Mr. Forrest in character are after photographs by
Brady.
LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST.
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