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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ns for its poverty and the possibilities of its improvement. No one of these men, however, had any real faith in the American drama or in the native subject. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) encouraged the Philadelphia group of writers, See Book II, Chap. II. but the topics chosen by Bird, Conrad, Stone, Smith, Miles, and Boker weree's Metamora; or, the last of the Wampanoags spoke the language of James Sheridan Knowles; Boker's Francesca da Rimini reflected the accents of the Elizabethans. Forrest, therefore, encouraged the American drama indirectly. Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876) never even went so far, though her friendship with Bryant, R. H. Stoddard, Siotic account. As early as 1764 the familiar quatrain was current in England, and by 1767 the tune was familiar enough in America to be cited in Barton's (or Colonel Forrest's) comic opera, Disappointment, or the force of credulity. In derision of the foolish Yankee there soon began to multiply variants, most of which have come d
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
e Ella, 512 Florida sketch Book, a, 165 Flournoy, 249 n. Follen, Karl, 451, 585, 586 Following the Equator, 12 Following the Guidon, 160 Fool's errand, a, 86 Fool's Prayer, the, 58 Foote, 337 Footing it in Franconia, 165 Footprints, 44 Forbes, James, 295 Force, Peter, 173, 175, 183 Ford, Paul Leicester, 91, 287 Forcellini, 461 Foregone conclusion, a, 79, 274 Foreign Conspiracies against the liberties of the United States, 345 Forms of water, 181 Forrest, Edwin, 268 Forrest, Thomas, 493 For the country, 50 Fortier, Alcee, 598 Fortnightly Review, 102 Fortune hunter, the, 294 Forty-five minutes from Broadway, 289 Forty Years among the Old Booksellers of Philadelphia, 545 n. Forty years in the Turkish Empire, 136 Forty Years with the Cheyennes, 148 Foster, John, 534 Fourier, 233, 437 Four Old plays, 484 Four years in the government exploring expedition commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, 136 Fowler, Wm. C.,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 11: (search)
scotts, and so on. We have not been alone since the first few days after we came down, and are not likely to be as long as we stay. To Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., London. Boston, May 15, 1849. dear Lyell,--As we are decidedly imitating your émeutes in Europe, I send you two or three newspapers extra, of all complexions, that you may see how we get on. This refers to the Astor Place riots in New York, when Mr. Macready was attacked by a mob, in consequence of the course taken by Mr. Edwin Forrest, who attempted to put down the English actor. . . . . One or two moral reflections I must make. The people here about twelve years ago first began to feel that a mob impaired the popular sovereignty. The first proper firing of the people on a mob was at Providence, where a mob undertook to pull down some houses of ill-fame. Since then it has been frequently done; as, for instance, at Philadelphia, in the case of the Catholic riots, the attack, I mean, on the Catholics. But this a
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
ckets for Kean's play sell at $22 premium, Feb. 24, 1821 Charles Mathews playing, Jan. 1, 1823 Edmund Kean riot, building damaged, Oct. 25, 1825 Charged $1,000 for a license, Jan. 9, 1826 Theatres Federal, on Federal street. Edwin Forrest playing William Tell, Feb. 7, 1827 Clara Fisher playing, Nov. 20, 1827 Name changed to Old Drury, Sep. 3, 1828 Charged for license, $500, 1828 The building called The Odeon, May 18, 1835 Sold to make place for stores, Dec. 29, 1867 Has been changed to Globe, 1880 Tremont, on Tremont street, first opened, Sep. 24, 1827 Madam Celeste dancing there, Nov. 20, 1827 William Pelby became manager, Jan. 28, 1828 Junius Brutus Booth playing, July 29, 1828 Edwin Forrest playing Metamora, Oct. 10, 1831 James Anderson mobbed there, Nov. 16, 1831 Mrs. Vincent's first appearance, Sep. 12, 1832 Ravel family playing, Nov. 5, 1832 Yankee Hill playing, Aug. 17, 1837 The last theatrical play there, Jun
The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1860., [Electronic resource], Edwin Forrest's first appearance. (search)
Edwin Forrest's first appearance. --Edwin Forrest, the famous American tragedian, is a native of Warren county, Ohio, and made his first appearance on any stage at the then called Columbia street theatre, in Cincinnati, opened June 7, 1820, some seven or eight months after that date. He was then an overgrown, awkward country youth, and gave no indication whatever, excepting in physical vigor, of the success he has since obtained. Edwin Forrest's first appearance. --Edwin Forrest, the famous American tragedian, is a native of Warren county, Ohio, and made his first appearance on any stage at the then called Columbia street theatre, in Cincinnati, opened June 7, 1820, some seven or eight months after that date. He was then an overgrown, awkward country youth, and gave no indication whatever, excepting in physical vigor, of the success he has since obtained.
The Daily Dispatch: may 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Personal. (search)
Visit of Edwin Forrest to Alexandria. --A Washington dispatch, dated May 23, says: Edwin Forrest, of Philadelphia, and Simon H. Mix, of New York, set out together for Virginia to-day, to make reconnaissance, and witness the election proceedings in Alexandria. They took a carriage early in the morning, and proceeded direct by Long Bridge, returning late in the afternoon. No molestation was met with, but they were suspiciously scrutinized by secession troops on their journey. They Edwin Forrest, of Philadelphia, and Simon H. Mix, of New York, set out together for Virginia to-day, to make reconnaissance, and witness the election proceedings in Alexandria. They took a carriage early in the morning, and proceeded direct by Long Bridge, returning late in the afternoon. No molestation was met with, but they were suspiciously scrutinized by secession troops on their journey. They passed through most of the streets of the city in search of the polls, but no places of voting were discovered. Going down on the wharf opposite which the United States steamer Pawnee is anchored, overlooking the town, which they found guarded by a Virginia militia man with a fowling piece, Mix inquired of the chivalric son of Mars, "Can you give me the name of that vessel in the steam, yonder?" "Sir," replied the man with the fowling piece.--"What wharf is this we are on?" gruffly responded t
The Daily Dispatch: November 6, 1860., [Electronic resource], Burton's Library. (search)
Burton's Library. --Edwin Forrest was a large purchaser in the recent sale of the Burton Library. The total amount expended by Mr. Forrest, in order to secure the choicest editions, old and new, of the works of the great dramatist, was $1,275. Burton's Library. --Edwin Forrest was a large purchaser in the recent sale of the Burton Library. The total amount expended by Mr. Forrest, in order to secure the choicest editions, old and new, of the works of the great dramatist, was $1,275.
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 31 (search)
esident on Wednesday nominated to the Senate Edward M. Stanton, as Attorney General of the United States. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey, Mexico, is in New York. He preached at St. Francis Xavier's church on Sunday. There have been 346 wells sunk in the Pennsylvania oil region, only 29 of which are profitable. David Caution, convicted at Louisville of an outrage on the person of Miss C. Swanson, is to be hung on the 25th of January. "I shall be indebted to you for life," as the man said to his creditors when he ran away to Australia. A love-sick young man, who has taken very much of late to writing sonnets, has just hung himself with one of his own lines. A wife's farewell to her husband every morning--"Buy, buy." Prof. Samuel Ellot has been elected President of Trinity College. A New York critic says the grimmest of smiles is Edwin Forrest's "Lear." Lieut. Geo. E. Law and Assistant Surgeon Thos. J. Charlton, S. N. have resigned.
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Attempt to murder a Clergyman. (search)
s." I saw he was in a bad humor, and passed on. Three weeks afterwards, we came face to face in the bar-room of the Brevoort House. We drank together. I asked no questions. As he was going out of the door, he said, "Forrest played last night." "Well." "Brown was there." He closed the door and was gone. I knew he had gotten a clew. It was the night of the Prince of Wales'ball at the Academy of Music. "Join me in this 'Cabinet.' It is go Dunscomb transferred the lady to me, turned to a stall opposite the one before which we were standing, and bought a shin bone for a sixpence of--Brown, the Great Mystery. So he proved to be a butcher. He did. "When I went to see Forrest in Hamlet," said Dunscomb, afterwards, narrating the history of the detection, "I had given the chase up. Brown always eluded me. If I followed his carriage, it was only to see him get out and vanish. Up all night the night before, I went to Ni
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Sensible servant. (search)
wned and occupied by Elias B. Hooe. This point is opposite Sandy Point, on the Maryland side, and ten miles above Aquia Creek, and two from Quantico Creek. Nine musket shots were fired. It is said a battery is erecting at Chappawamick, a short distance above this point, where the river is from 1 to 1½ miles wide. Albert Brummell, of Bultimore, taken with the contraband goods seized some days ago, has been removed to Fort McHenry. The propellers Tigress, Capt. Luke League, and Edwin Forrest, Capt. Thomas Tolley, of Baltimore, arrived last night, having been chartered by the Government to serve in the transportation line. From Old Point and Fortress Monroe. The steamer Georgiana, Capt. Pearson, arrived at Baltimore on Friday morning last, but brought no news of special interest. The big gun "Union" having been mounted on the point, was tried on Thursday with an elongated projectile. The trial was not satisfactory, as it did not carry near so far as was expect
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