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Booth, Edwin Thomas 1833-93
US actor

He was born in Harford County, Maryland, the son of Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852) and brother of John Wilkes Booth. He played Tressel at the age of 16 to his father's Richard III and quickly rose to the top of his profession. He visited England (1861-62), and produced Hamlet in New York for a record run (1864). Ruined by opening a theatre in New York in 1869, he was able to settle his debts by 1877. He visited Germany and Great Britain (1880-82) and played Othello to Henry Irving's Iago.