The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . only one whocould control him. EdwinBooths first appearance on thestage in any part occurred in1849, at the Boston museum,when he played the minor partof Trassil, in Richard IIL It
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . only one whocould control him. EdwinBooths first appearance on thestage in any part occurred in1849, at the Boston museum,when he played the minor partof Trassil, in Richard IIL Ithas been said that the elderBooth at first objected to hissons going on the stage, but hecertainly afterward withdrew hisopposition. Edwin wasnow devoted to his profes-sion, and worked hard to _=succeed in it. .He appearedat Providence, at Philadelphia, and in other places,as Cassio in Othello, and Wilford in rhe IronChest, his performance of the latter character beingeven at that time highly commended. For twoyears Edwin continued with his father, making hisfirst appearance in New York on Sept. 37, 1850, atthe National theatre, Chatham street, in the charac-ter of Wilford. In 1851 at the same theatre, the elder Booth being cast for Richard, and falling ill,Edwin took his place and played the part of thecrook-backed tyrant for the first time in his performance is said to have been a most creditable. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 181 one. At this time the elder brother of Edwin, JuniusBrutus Booth, Jr., was established in San Francisco,as a manager, and thither went the elder Booth, andthe three played there together. It was in 1852Uiat Jidwm parted from his father for the last he latter was on his way from New Orleans to Cin-cmnati, and was taken ill; he died on Nov. 30thas was said, for want of proper medical treatment,il-dwin continued to travel through the state of Cali-fornia, playing whenever opportunity offered, butsuffering from poverty and many hardships. Heha
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