CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
Prelude 13
CHAPTER II.
Parentage and Family 32
CHAPTER III.
Boyhood and Youth 55
CHAPTER IV.
Psychological Origin, Variety, and Personal Uses of the Dramatic
Art		 76
CHAPTER V.
The Dramatic Apprentice and Strolling Player 96
CHAPTER VI.
Life in New Orleans.—Critical Period of Experience 113
CHAPTER VII.
Breaking the Way to Fame and Fortune 140
CHAPTER VIII.
Growth and Freshness of Professional Glory: Invidious Attacks
and their Causes		 156
CHAPTER IX.
Sensational and Artistic Acting.—Characters of Physical and Mental
Realism.—Rolla.—Tell.—Damon.—Brutus.—Virginius.
—Spartacus.—Metamora		 193
CHAPTER X.
Two Years of Recreation and Study in the Old World 262
CHAPTER XI.
Professional Tour in Great Britain 294
CHAPTER XII.
Meridian of Success and Reputation.—New Roles of Febro, Melnotte,
and Jack Cade		 323
CHAPTER XIII.
Second Professional Tour in Great Britain, and its Consequences.—The
Macready Controversy and Riot		 387
CHAPTER XIV.
Newspaper Estimates.—Elements of the Dramatic Art, and its True
Standard of Criticism		 432
CHAPTER XV.
Personal and Domestic Life.—Fonthill Castle.—Jealousy.—Divorce.
—Lawsuits.—Tragedies of Love in Human Life and in
The Dramatic Art		 482
CHAPTER XVI.
Professional Character of the Player.—Relations with Other
Players.—The Future of the Drama		 523
CHAPTER XVII.
Outer and Inner Life of the Man 549
CHAPTER XVIII.
Prizes and Penalties of Fame 582
CHAPTER XIX.
Friendships.—Their Essential Nature and Different Levels.—Their
Loss and Gain, Grief and Joy		 606
CHAPTER XX.
Place and Rank of Forrest as a Player.—The Classic, Romantic,
Natural, and Artistic Schools of Acting		 639
CHAPTER XXI.
Historic Evolution and Social Uses of the Dramatic Art.—Genius
and Relationship of the Liberal Professions.—Hostility of the
Church and the Theatre		 671
CHAPTER XXII.
Forrest in Seven of his Chief Roles.—Characters of Imaginative
Portraiture.—Richelieu.—Macbeth.—Richard.—Hamlet.
—Coriolanus.—Othello.—Lear		 720
CHAPTER XXIII.
Closing Years and the Earthly Finale 795
APPENDIX.
 I. The Will of Edwin Forrest 849
II. The Forrest Medals and Tokens 855