The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America by Nigel Cliff

The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America

Nigel Cliff

336 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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One of the bloodiest incidents in New York’s history, the so-called Astor Place Riot of May 10, 1849, was ignited by a long-simmering grudge match between the two leading Shakespearean actors of the age. Despite its unlikely origins, though, there...

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