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 . ohnson, andthe body of the assassin was secretly transferred toits final resting-place. Mr. Booth had now deter-mined to attempt management on a truly magnificentscale, and accordi
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 . ohnson, andthe body of the assassin was secretly transferred toits final resting-place. Mr. Booth had now deter-mined to attempt management on a truly magnificentscale, and accordingly the corner-stone of thesplendid structure which was to become famous asBooths theatre, was laid on Apr. 8, 1868, at thesouth-east corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-thirdstreet, N. Y., and the new building was opened onFeb. 3, 1869, with Romeo and Juliet. On June7, 1869, Mr. Booth was married, for the secondtime, to Mary McVicker, tlie step-daughter andadopted daughter of Manager James H. died in 1881, leaving no children. For thirteenyears Booths theatre ran a splendid career, present-ing in the most superb manner ever known inAmerica all the great plays in his repertoire. Theserevivals were the most popular theatrical representa-tions of tragic plays ever witnessed in New included: Romeo and Juliet,Othello,Hamlet, Richelieu, The Winters Tale,Julius Csesar, Macbeth, Much Ado About. Bjdhplacr; g^^ Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, and Bm-tus. Among those who played with Mr. Booth wereEdwin Adams, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., LawrenceBarrett, F. C. Bangs, William Creswick, E. L. Dav-enport, J. W. Wallack, Jr., Mark Smith, MissEmma Waller, Miss Bella Pateman, and Mr. Booths own performances, his theatrewas notable for the number and prominence of thestars who appeared in it. These included JosephJefferson, James H. Hackett, Charlotte Cushman,John S. Clarke, John E. Owens, and Adelaide Neil-son, who made her first appearance ia America underM
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