Booth junius brutus (5 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Ex-library copy with the usual library marks, including a library stamp on the frontispiece. Complete in 162 pages with a section at the rear entitled "Copies of Old Play-Bills." Brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine, covers are scuffed and worn with chipped spine. Contents are bright, a good copy for reading or reference. …

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Junius Brutus Booth (17961852) was the first of the Booth family to tread the boards. His father, Richard, 'had left England intending to fight for American independence, and America remained his mecca. Junius was classically educated, and, after trying painting, printing, the navy, law, and sculpture, settled on acting. He first appeared with an amateur company, then made his professional début as Campillo in The Honey Moon on 13 December 1813 in Deptford' (Oxford DNB). Original DNB states that Booth made his Covent Garden debut, as Silvius in As You Like It, on 18 October 1815 (and not 19 February 1816, as given in Oxford DNB). He eloped to America in 1821, performing in various theatres there, as well as keeping a farm in Maryland; he is buried at Baltimore. Playbill (305 × 183 mm), some light offsetting, lower edge a little rough. …