Stage, Page, Scandals and Vandals: William E. Burton and Nineteenth Century American Theatre
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University, 2004. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine / Near Fine. Item #012049
183p. index. Biography of William E. Burton who fled England in 1934 and came to America after marrying a sixteen-year=old orphan girl whil already married. He settled in Philadelphia and established himself as actor and director. He founded and edited the Gentleman's Magaine and hired struggling actor, Edgar Allen Poe, as cooeditor and it was in this journal that many of Poe's short stories and poems were first published.
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