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Junius Brutus Booth

(1796—1852) actor


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(1796–1852)

Anglo-American actor. He came to attention in London as Richard III at Covent Garden (1817). Reputed to be of Jewish descent, he incorporated Hebrew into his Shylock (1818). In ...

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Booth, Junius Brutus (1796–1852)
in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance Length: 130 words
Booth, Junius Brutus, senior (1796–1852)
in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2) Length: 205 words
Booth, Junius Brutus (1796–1852)
in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Length: 126 words
Booth, Junius Brutus (1796–1852)
in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3) Length: 365 words

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