See also:EDWIN See also:FORREST (1806-1872)
, See also:American actor, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 9th of See also:March ,8o6, of Scottish and See also:German descent
.
He made his first See also:stage See also:appearance on the 27th of See also:November 1820, at the See also:Walnut See also:Street See also:theatre, in See also:Home's See also:Douglas
.
In 1826 he had a See also:great success in New See also:York as Othello
.
He played at See also:Drury See also:Lane in the Gladiator in 1836, but his See also:Macbeth in 1845 was hissed by the See also:English See also:audience, and his affront to See also:Macready in See also:Edinburgh shortly afterwards—when he stood up in a private See also:box and hissed him,—was fatal to his popularity in Great See also:Britain
.
His See also:jealousy of Macready resulted in the See also:Astor See also:Place See also:riot in 1849
.
In 1837 he had married See also:Catherine, daughter of See also:John See also:Sinclair, an English See also:singer, and his See also:divorce suit in 1852 was a cause celebre which hurt his reputation and soured his See also:temper
.
His last appearance was as See also:Richelieu in See also:Boston in 1871
.
He died on the 12th of See also:December 1872
.
He had amassed a large See also:fortune, much of which he See also:left by will to found a home for aged actors
.
See See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:Barrett's See also:Edwin See also:Forrest (Boston, 1881)
.
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