Famed stage actor (1833–1893) who toured the United States and Europe performing the plays of Shakespeare; his legacy as the greatest American actor of the 19th century has been overshadowed by that of his brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Extremely rare single-sided 12˝ acetate pressing of a rare recording of Edwin Booth performing passages from his part from William Shakespeare's Othello. Housed in a generic sleeve annotated in pencil, "One side only, Othello, Low, repeats toward end." In fine condition.
Originates directly from the collection of the great-great granddaughter of Edwin Booth, who notes that the record was produced in a limited edition of about 85 copies by Booth's grandson circa 1939, from the original 1890 recording. The 1890 recordings of Edwin Booth reciting passages from Othello and Hamlet are the only known recordings of the great actor, made at the behest of his daughter Edwina.
