Scan barcode
![The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America by Nigel Cliff](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNmFCRUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8fbb201a14b17063849b87d4157f802815b2007f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Shakespeare%20Riots-%20Revenge,%20Drama,%20and%20Death%20in%20Nineteenth-Century%20America.jpg)
336 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780345486943
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 17 April 2007
Description
One of the bloodiest incidents in New York’s history, the so-called Astor Place Riot of May 10, 1849, was ignited by a long-simmering grudge match between the two leading Shakespearean actors of the age. Despite its unlikely origins, though, there...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
![The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America by Nigel Cliff](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNmFCRUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8fbb201a14b17063849b87d4157f802815b2007f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Shakespeare%20Riots-%20Revenge,%20Drama,%20and%20Death%20in%20Nineteenth-Century%20America.jpg)
336 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780345486943
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 17 April 2007
Description
One of the bloodiest incidents in New York’s history, the so-called Astor Place Riot of May 10, 1849, was ignited by a long-simmering grudge match between the two leading Shakespearean actors of the age. Despite its unlikely origins, though, there...