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[Edwin Forrest as King Lear]

Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)
Contributor:
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (actor)
Name:
Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902
Identifier:
(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pfo600_3_m
Subject:
Performance; King Lear (character)
Resource Type:
Still Image
Form/Genre:
photogravures (prints)
Physical Description:
25.0 x 18.0 cm.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Play: King Lear; Notes about Edwin Forrest: American tragic actor, born in Philadelphia, made his New York debut in Othello in 1826. He developed a violent rivalry with the English tragic actor, Macready.; Notes about Gabriel Harrison: photographer Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902 (actor, theatre manager, painter); A photogravure in which the background is worked on the plate. The name of Gabriel Harrison, theater manager, appears skratched very faint;y in the lower left corner of the plate.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Fo600.3 M, Medium Box
Collection:
Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)