Junius Brutus Booth: Theatrical Prometheus

Appendix: Recorded Engagements

Appendix Recorded Engagements Booth enacted seventy-three different roles during the major part of his career, from his first starring engagement in London in 1817 till his death in 1852. For this appendix, the roles are abbreviated (see below), with the number of recorded performances in parentheses. On thirty-four occasions, records indicate that Booth performed, but the specific role remains unknown (abbreviation UK). A2 Second Actor in Shakespeare's Hamlet (1) AM Amurath in Richard Sheil's Bellamira; or, The Fall ofTUnis (4) BA Barabas, presumably in Christopher Marlowe's Jew ofMalta (1) BE Bertram in Charles Robert Maturin's Bertram (95) BR Brutus in John Howard Payne's Brutus; or, The Fall ofTarquin (87) BD Brutus in The Judgement ofBrutus; or, Tarquin and Lucretia (5) CA Cassius in Shakespeare'sJulius Caesar (57) CG Caius Gracchus in J. S. Knowles' Caius Gracchus (1) CO Colonna in Richard Sheil's Evadn,e, 01'; The Statue (1) DM Dumont in Nicholas Rowe's Tragedy ofJane Shore (1) DR Darlemont in Thomas Holcroft's Deafand Dumb; Or, The Orphan Protected (1) DD Ducas in Matthew Gregory "Monk" Lewis' Adelgitha (2) DZ Durazzo in William A. Court'sMontaldo (4) ED Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear (4) EM Sir Edward Mortimer in George Colman's (the younger) The Iron Chest (188) ED Eustache de St. Pierre in George Cohnan's (the younger) The Surrender ofCalais (1) FA Fitzarden in William Thomas MoncriefPs Lear ofPrivate Life (21) FO Fontaine in John Howard Payne's Therese, The Orphan ofGeneva (2) FZ Fitzharding in John Tobin's Curfew (2) 243 244 FZ2 GI GL HA HO HR IG JA JF JL KH KJ LD LE LU MA MC MU MW OC OK ON OP OR OS OSf OT PE PI PN PO PW PZ R2 R3 RC RD RG RI Appendix Fitzharding in Mrs. Marie Therese Kemble's Smiles and Tears; 01j The Widow} Stratagem (1) Sir Giles Overreach in Philip Massinger'sA New liJiay to Pay OldDebts (328) Gloster in Nicholas Rowe's Tragedy ofJane Shore (13) Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet (173) Hotspur in Shakespeare's Henry TV, Part One (6) Horatius in George MacFarren's Horatii and Curatii (15) Iago in Shakespeare's Othello (148) Jaffier in Thomas Otway's venice Preserved (15) Jacob Foscari in Lord Byron's Tho Foscari (1) John Lump in James Bland Burges' The Review; or, Wags ofWindsor, afterpiece (53) King Henry in Shakespeare's Richard the Third) Colley Cibber's version (1) King John in Shakespeare's King John (24) Ludovico in Richard Sheil's Evadne; or, The Statue (2) King Lear in Shakespeare~ King Lear (182) Luke in James Bland Burges'Riches (12, also 3 times as an afterpiece) Malcour in H. M. Milner's Gambler} Fate (4) Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth (59) Geoffrey Muffincap in Richard Brinsley Peake'sAmateurs andActors) afterpiece (20) Mawworm in Isaac Bickerstaffe's Hypocrite (1) Octavian in George Colman's (the younger) The Mountaineers (77) Oroonoko in Thomas Southerne's Oroonoko (5) Old Norval in John Home's Douglas (9) Opechan in Pocohontas; or, The Indian Princess (4) Orezembo in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's adaptation of August von Kotzebue's Pizarro (6) Orestes in Ambrose Philips' DistrestMother (15) Oreste in Jean Racine's Andromaque (2) Othello in Shakespeare's Othello (106) Pescara in Richard Sheil'sApostate (146) Pierre in Thomas Otway's Hinice Preserved (38) Penruddock in Richard Cumberland's Wheel ofFortune (4) Posthumus in Shakespeare's Cymbeline (8) Prince ofWales in Shakespeare's Henry TV, Part One (1) Pizarro in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's adaptation of August von Kotzebue's Pizarro (2) Richard II in Shakespeare's Richard II (3) Richard III in Shakespeare's Richard the Third) Colley Cibber's version (579) Richmond in Shakespeare's Richard the Third, Colley Cibber's version (2) Roderick Dhu in Sir Walter Scott's Lady ofthe Lake (10) Reuben Glenroy in Thomas Morton's Town and Country (76) Rinaldo in William Dimond's Conquest ofTaranto; or, The Eve ofSt. Clara (6) Recorded Engagements 245 RL RicheEeu in Edward Bulwer Lytton's Richelieu (1) RO Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo andJuliet (2) RR Rob Roy M'Gregor in Isaak Pocock's Rob RoyM'Gregor (4) SE SeEm in Lord Byron's Bride ofAbydos (10) SH Shylock in Shakespeare's Merchant ofVenice (95) SJ Sam Johnson in Oh, Hush,. or, The Virginny Cupids, afterpiece (1) SN Jeremy Sneak in Samuel Foote...