Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1833 - 1893-

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

May's Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0995

Abstract

This collection contains histories (mostly day by day accounts) of the theatres that existed in Baltimore from 1750-1904. Included are such famous ones as the Holliday Street Theatre, Front St. Theatre, Ford's Grand Opera House, and The Lyric, as well as less known taverns and coffee houses giving entertainment. Biographies of the leading men connected with these theatres include Edmund Kean, Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind, and Charles Dickens, among others.

Dates: 1750-1904

Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / May's Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore collection

Filtered By

Subject: Drama X