Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest

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'''Edwin Forrest''' (March 9, 1806{{snd}}December 12, 1872) was a nineteenth-century American [[Shakespeare]]an actor. His feud with the British actor [[William Macready]] was the cause of the deadly [[Astor Place Riot]] of 1849.
'''Edwin Forrest''' (March 9, 1806{{snd}}December 12, 1872) was a nineteenth-century American [[Shakespearean]] actor. His feud with the British actor [[William Macready]] was the cause of the deadly [[Astor Place Riot]] of 1849.


==Early life==
==Early life==