Edwin Forrest

(1806-1872)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 LBT ID: EdForre1872 VIAF ID: 20748754 LOC ID: n50024975	B/BAP: 1806-03-09 DIED: 1872-12-12
SOURCES: ANB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
American actor who began his career at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia and conducted a feud with the British actor Macready.
REFERENCES TO Edwin Forrest: Charles Kemble to William Harness, 24 April 1834 in Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 2 William Harness to A. G. K. L'Estrange, 23 June 1866 in Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 5 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter III. Chapter XI.