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Also Known As Edwin Thomas Booth
Born November 13, 1833 • Maryland
Died June 7, 1893 (aged 59) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1925)
Notable Family Members father Junius Brutus Booth • brother John Wilkes Booth

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Edwin Booth in the title role of Hamlet
Edwin Booth.
Booth, Edwin; Booth, John Wilkes
Playbill headlining Edwin Booth in the title role of an 1863 performance of Hamlet
Edwin Booth, photograph by Bradley and Rulofson
Observe the tunic worn by actor Edwin Booth, embellished with the royal arms of Richard III, for the role of Shakespeare's Richard III
Listen to a commentary on the rivalry between Junius Brutus Booth and Edmund Kean competing as interpreters of William Shakespeare's Richard III in the early 19th century
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