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<div>Edwin Booth (1833–1893) [[File:Edwin_Booth.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Edwin Booth, photo by Charles D. Fredricks & Co., New York: [s.n. 1860?]]] was a Shakespearean actor, theater owner, and editor of theatrical playbooks. Booth came from a theatrical family, and his father, Junius Brutus Booth, had a significant reputation as an actor. Booth was best known for his [[Hamlet]], a part he famously played for a hundred nights. In 1863, he managed the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and bought the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia the same year. Booth's Theatre was founded at the corner of 23rd street and 6th avenue in New York City in 1869. Booth's theatrical career was briefly interrupted when his younger brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Lincoln. <br />
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===Notable items at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]]===<br />
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William Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens'' ([New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, n.d.]). Shelfmark: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=88425| PROMPT Tim. 5]<br />
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---. ''The complete works of Shakspere : revised from the original editions / with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory and critical and a life of the poet by J.O. Halliwell and other eminent commentators'' (London ; New York : London Printing and Publishing Company, [185-]). Shelfmark: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=335015| PR2755.H3 B3q Sh.Col.]]<br />
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There are four manuscripts of music for various Shakespeare plays, including ''Incidental music for Twelfth Night'' ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=232865 Y.d.1108 1–10]), an epilogue song to Twelfth night ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=233246 Y.d.1107]), ''Music for King Lear'' ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=232958 Y.d.1091 1–8]), and ''Incidental music by Edward Mollenhauer for plays produced by Edwin Booth [manuscript], ca. 1875–1880'' ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=191440 Y.d.512 1–10]).<br />
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In addition to books owned by Booth, the Folger has a number of items related to his life, including [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=233763 a bracelet made from Edwin Booth's hair and inscribed "Mother,"] and a number of his [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/vgc621 costumes]. [[File:Edwin_Booth hair bracelet.jpg|250px|right|thumb|verso of Edwin Booth hair bracelet, showing name and date. Shelfmark: ART Inv. 1178 (realia)]]<br />
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===Signatures and manuscript marks===<br />
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Booth signed several works in the Folger's collection, and others are inscribed by Booth to recipients, for example, ''The Works of William Shakespeare: from the text of Clark and Wright'' in inscribed by Booth to Wm. Rutledge, with complements, and dated Mar. 26, '89. Shelfmark: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=302624| PR2754 1o2 copy 2 Sh.Col.]<br />
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===Other methods of indicating provenance===<br />
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The Folger has a significant collection of Booth's correspondence, which discusses at length the process of writing and publishing prompt books as well as Booth's own collecting and reading habits. For more information, see [http://findingaids.folger.edu/dfoboothedwin.xml the Edwin Booth finding aid here.] <br />
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<div>A program by the August Wilson Project, hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Two Brains Running brought together teachers from the DC Metro area. Over the course of a day, teachers heard from August Wilson scholars, theater practitioners, and high school English teachers teaching the plays of August Wilson and how they can relate to the plays of William Shakespeare.<br />
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<div>A program by the August Wilson Project, hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Two Brains Running brought together teachers from the DC Metro area. Over the course of a day, teachers heard from August Wilson scholars, theater practitioners, and high school English teachers teaching the plays of August Wilson and how they can relate to the plays of William Shakespeare.</div>KatherineDvorakhttps://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Two_Brains_Running&diff=16728Two Brains Running2015-04-21T19:44:06Z<p>KatherineDvorak: Created page with "placeholder"</p>
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