Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest (March 9, 1806  December 12, 1872) was a prominent nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849.

Edwin Forrest
Daguerreotype of Forrest by Mathew Brady
Born(1806-03-09)March 9, 1806
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 12, 1872(1872-12-12) (aged 66)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationActor
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