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| CHAPTER I. | |
| Prelude | [13] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Parentage and Family | [32] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Boyhood and Youth | [55] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Psychological Origin, Variety, and Personal Uses of the Dramatic Art | [76] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Dramatic Apprentice and Strolling Player | [96] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Life in New Orleans.—Critical Period of Experience | [113] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Breaking the Way to Fame and Fortune | [140] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Growth and Freshness of Professional Glory: Invidious Attacks and their Causes | [156] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Sensational and Artistic Acting.—Characters of Physical and Mental Realism.—Rolla.—Tell.—Damon.—Brutus.—Virginius. —Spartacus.—Metamora | [193] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Two Years of Recreation and Study in the Old World | [262] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Professional Tour in Great Britain | [294] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Meridian of Success and Reputation.—New Roles of Febro, Melnotte, and Jack Cade | [323] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Second Professional Tour in Great Britain, and its Consequences.—The Macready Controversy and Riot | [387] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Newspaper Estimates.—Elements of the Dramatic Art, and its True Standard of Criticism | 432 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Personal and Domestic Life.—Fonthill Castle.—Jealousy.—Divorce. —Lawsuits.—Tragedies of Love in Human Life and in The Dramatic Art | 482 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Professional Character of the Player.—Relations with Other Players.—The Future of the Drama | 523 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Outer and Inner Life of the Man | 549 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Prizes and Penalties of Fame | 582 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Friendships.—Their Essential Nature and Different Levels.—Their Loss and Gain, Grief and Joy | 606 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Place and Rank of Forrest as a Player.—The Classic, Romantic, Natural, and Artistic Schools of Acting | 639 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Historic Evolution and Social Uses of the Dramatic Art.—Genius and Relationship of the Liberal Professions.—Hostility of the Church and the Theatre | 671 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Forrest in Seven of his Chief Roles.—Characters of Imaginative Portraiture.—Richelieu.—Macbeth.—Richard.—Hamlet. —Coriolanus.—Othello.—Lear | 720 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| Closing Years and the Earthly Finale | 795 |
| APPENDIX. | |
| I. The Will of Edwin Forrest | 849 |
| II. The Forrest Medals and Tokens | 855 |
LIST OF STEEL PLATES.
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| Portrait of Edwin Forrest ætat. 45. | Engraved by Fred. Halpin | [(Frontispiece).] | ||
| " " " | 21 | Engraved by | Fred. Halpin | [262] |
| Edwin Forrest as | Virginius | " | W. G. Jackman | [230] |
| " | Metamora | " | Jas. Bannister | [237] |
| " | Spartacus | " | Fred. Halpin | [249] |
| Rebecca Forrest | " | R. Whitechurch | 424 | |
| Edwin Forrest as | Shylock | " | D. G. Thompson | 738 |
| " | Macbeth | " | Augustus Robin | 739 |
| " | Richard III. | " | H. B. Hall & Sons | 746 |
| " | Hamlet | " | G. H. Cushman | 751 |
| " | Othello | " | G. R. Hall | 769 |
| " | King Lear | " | G. H. Cushman | 781 |
| Portrait of Edwin Forrest ætat. 66 | " | H. B. Hall & Sons | 795 | |
| Forrest Medals | " | Samuel Sartain | 855 | |
The engravings of Mr. Forrest in character are after photographs by Brady.
LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST.