After reading about Edwin Booth, discover the bizarre story of Boston Corbett, the Union soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth in Virginia. Or, learn about Henry Rathbone, the Union soldier who ...

More than one American historian has described the Civil War as the conflict that turned brother against brother. Among the ...

Of all the characters represented by Mr. Edwin Booth during his successful engagement which came to an end last night, no one has interested me more than his Hamlet; although there is a prevailing ...

The Edwin Booth Shakespeare League was organized Monday in Philadelphia. Thomas Shayne was elected President and Henri Morris appointed editor of the Journal which will be the league's official organ.

Members of The Players, a storied Gramercy Park social club catering to members of the arts, gathered Saturday in the park to celebrate the 190th birthday of their founder Edwin Booth. The ...

“A fearful calamity is upon us,” Boston Theatre manager Henry Jarrett wrote to his star ... “There is not a more devoted friend to the Union than Edwin Booth,” the Boston Post assured ...

The Booth Theatre opened in 1913 and was designed by Henry B. Herts as a companion to The Shubert Theatre. It was named after an earlier theater which was named for actor Edwin Booth, who happened ...