Homelessness is the actor’s fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
Edwin Booth Quotes
But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls.
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| Birth: | 13th November, 1833 |
| Death: | 7th June, 1893 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actor |
About
Edwin Thomas Booth was born in Bel Air, Maryland, USA. He was an American actor who toured throughout America and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor, and the greatest Hamlet, of the 19th century. His first appearance in New York City was in the character of Wilford in The Iron Chest, which he played at the National Theatre in Chatham Street, on the 27th of September 1850. One of the best known is the 1955 film Prince of Players written by Moss Hart.
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