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Edwin Forrest
Daguerreotype of Forrest by Mathew Brady
Born(1806-03-09)March 9, 1806
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 12, 1872(1872-12-12) (aged 66)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationActor
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Edwin Forrest (March 9, 1806 – December 12, 1872) was a nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849.

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Edwin Forrest School is a public elementary school located in the Mayfair neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is within the School District...

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Edwin Forrest Durang (April 17, 1829 – June 7, 1911) was an American architect. He kept offices in Philadelphia and specialized in ecclesiastical and...

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named after the 19th century actor Edwin Forrest, who was born in Philadelphia, and owned and lived in the Edwin Forrest House. The opening performance was...

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The Edwin Forrest House (also known as the Gaul-Forrest House) is an historic house and arts building, which is located at 1346 North Broad Street in...

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Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from...

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Moore College of Art and Design

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the school’s board used the money to purchase its new home at the Edwin Forrest Mansion on Broad and Master Streets. The mansion, which housed the school...

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Fulton Opera House

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the hall to Yecker in 1869, and Yecker commissioned theatre architect Edwin Forrest Durang to renovate it into a Victorian opera house. Its grand opening...

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winning songwriter. In 2007, he became the only British person to win the Edwin Forrest Award for outstanding contribution to the American theatre. Macaulay's...

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notable actors as Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, and Laura Keene. Her sensational divorce from Edwin Forrest captivated the American public in the mid-1800s...

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Lillian Booth Actors Home

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nursing home. In the same year, the Edwin Forrest wing was created at the nursing home after a merger with the Edwin Forrest Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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John Augustus Stone

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New York stage beginning in 1822. He wrote Metamora, as a vehicle for Edwin Forrest, who offered as a prize $500 and half of the proceeds from the third...

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Fonthill, the name of an estate belonging to United States stage actor Edwin Forrest Font Hill Beach, beach in Jamaica Font Hill Manor, historic slave plantation...

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Anton Lesser

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Victor Garber

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Disston Mansion was designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, who was best known for his architectural designs of church buildings...

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English officers with bearskins, Dolly Vardens, John L. Sullivan, Edwin Forrest in Roman garb, Turks, sultanas, Punch, and plantation Blacks. The price...

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hundreds of international productions. In addition, he has won the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theatre, two Laurence Olivier...

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