Thomas A Bogar: 2 books
Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination
The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford’s Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience...
Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre
The New York Reign of "Blood and Thunder” Melodramas
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor and Bowery Theatre manager. Primarily responsible for the popularity of “blood and thunder” melodramas with working class audiences in New York City, Hamblin discovered, trained and...