Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.

Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.

Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. (1821-1883) American actor and theatre manager.

As a member of the illustrious Booth family of actors, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. was overshadowed not only by his father Junius, Sr. and brothers Edwin and John Wilkes (the assassin of Abraham Lincoln), but by his wife Agnes, who was a successful actress in her own right.

Booth managed the Boston Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Winter Garden Theatre, and Booth's Theatre where his brother Edwin was the star attraction. Though a relatively undistinguished actor, Junius, Jr. was highly regarded for his performances as King John and Cassius in "Julius Caesar," which he performed with Edwin as Brutus and John Wilkes as Mark Antony in 1864. ["The Cambridge Guide to Theatre", Cambridge University Press (1995)]

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