Lyon is shocking. Such firsthand accounts provide an invaluable look at the theatre and the life of a touring actor in nineteenth-century America. In later chapters, the author traces Booth’s 1880–81 season acting with Irving and Terry in London, the acrimonious separation from and eventual death of Mary McVicker, and Booth’s successful tour of Germany and Austria. Watermeier next moves to summaries of Booth’s tours later in the 1880s, including the Joint-Star Tours with Barrett and later Modjeska. Given the sheer volume of Booth’s work, here Watermeier does an admirable job of addressing the sometimes dizzying array of cities, theatres, plays, roles, and receipts. He does so, again, by balancing data with context, mostly from newspaper accounts and correspondence. Chapter 11, “The Curtain Descends, 1890–1893” finds Booth retiring from the stage before succumbing to his own health problems. The author concludes with a description of Booth’s burial and an excellent summation of the effect Booth’s work had on the theatre of the day. Daniel J. Watermeier’s American Tragedian: The Life of Edwin Booth is the most authoritative account of Booth’s career we are likely to see for some time. It is an achievement and one that should be a part of the library of any historian interested in Booth specifically or nineteenth-century American theatre in general.

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迈克尔·安德雷格的林肯和莎士比亚，以及： 财富的傻瓜：特里·奥尔福德的约翰·威尔克斯·布斯的生平

里昂令人震惊。这些第一手资料提供了对剧院和 19 世纪美国巡回演员生活的宝贵观察。在后面的章节中，作者追溯了布斯 1880-81 赛季与欧文和特里在伦敦的演出、与玛丽·麦克维克的激烈分离和最终死亡，以及布斯在德国和奥地利的成功巡演。沃特迈尔接下来开始总结 1880 年代后期布斯的巡演，包括与巴雷特和后来的莫杰斯卡的联合明星巡演。鉴于布斯作品的庞大数量，沃特迈尔在这里做了令人钦佩的工作，解决了有时令人眼花缭乱的城市、剧院、戏剧、角色和收据。他再次通过平衡数据与上下文来做到这一点，主要来自报纸报道和信件。第11章“帷幕落下，1890-1893”发现布斯在屈服于自己的健康问题之前退出了舞台。作者最后描述了布斯的葬礼，并对布斯的作品对当时剧院的影响进行了极好的总结。Daniel J. Watermeier 的《美国悲剧家：埃德温·布斯的一生》是我们可能会在一段时间内看到的对布斯职业生涯最权威的描述。这是一项成就，应该成为任何对布斯特别感兴趣或对 19 世纪美国戏剧感兴趣的历史学家图书馆的一部分。埃德温·布斯 (Edwin Booth) 的生平是我们可能会在一段时间内看到的对布斯职业生涯最权威的描述。这是一项成就，应该成为任何对布斯特别感兴趣或对 19 世纪美国戏剧感兴趣的历史学家图书馆的一部分。埃德温·布斯 (Edwin Booth) 的生平是我们可能会在一段时间内看到的对布斯职业生涯最权威的描述。这是一项成就，应该成为任何对布斯特别感兴趣或对 19 世纪美国戏剧感兴趣的历史学家图书馆的一部分。