Life of Edwin Forrest
by William Rounseville Alger
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About this eBook
- Author
- Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
- Title
- Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 2 (of 2)
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61470
- Release Date
- February 22, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST, THE AMERICAN TRAGEDIAN.
- 2.CHAPTER XIV. NEWSPAPER ESTIMATES.—ELEMENTS OF THE DRAMATIC ART, AND ITS TRUE STANDARD OF CRITICISM.
- 3.CHAPTER XV. PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE.—FONTHILL CASTLE.—JEALOUSY.—DIVORCE.—LAWSUITS.—TRAGEDIES OF LOVE IN HUMAN LIFE AND IN THE DRAMATIC ART.
- 4.CHAPTER XVI. PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER.—RELATIONS WITH OTHER PLAYERS.—THE FUTURE OF THE DRAMA.
- 5.CHAPTER XVII. OUTER AND INNER LIFE OF THE MAN.
- 6.CHAPTER XVIII. PRIZES AND PENALTIES OF FAME.
- 7.CHAPTER XIX. FRIENDSHIPS.—THEIR ESSENTIAL NATURE AND DIFFERENT LEVELS.—THEIR LOSS AND GAIN, GRIEF AND JOY.
- 8.CHAPTER XX. PLACE AND RANK OF FORREST AS A PLAYER.—THE CLASSIC, ROMANTIC, NATURAL, AND ARTISTIC SCHOOLS OF ACTING.
- 9.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.
- 10.CHAPTER XXII. FORREST IN SEVEN OF HIS CHIEF ROLES.—CHARACTERS OF IMAGINATIVE PORTRAITURE.—RICHELIEU.—MACBETH.—RICHARD.—HAMLET.—CORIOLANUS.—OTHELLO.—LEAR. — RICHELIEU. — SHAKSPEAREAN CHARACTERS. — MACBETH. — RICHARD. — HAMLET. — CORIOLANUS. — OTHELLO. — LEAR.
- 11.CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING YEARS AND THE EARTHLY FINALE.
- 12.APPENDIX. — I. THE WILL OF EDWIN FORREST. — II. THE FORREST MEDALS. — I. — II. — III. — THE FORREST TOKENS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII.
- 13.INDEX.
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