Booth played Hamlet for 100 nights in the 1864 / 5 season at The Winter Garden Theatre, inaugurating the era of long-run Shakespeare in America.

In 1857, Booth joined the stock company of the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played for a full season.

Author Jim Bishop wrote that Booth " developed into an outrageous scene stealer, but he played his parts with such heightened enthusiasm that the audiences idolized him.

Later that year, Booth played the part of an Indian, Uncas, in a play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, and then became a stock company actor at the Richmond Theatre in Virginia, where he became increasingly popular with audiences for his energetic performances.

On October 5, 1858, Booth played the part of Horatio in Hamlet, with his older brother Edwin having the title role.

Between September – November 1863, Booth played a hectic schedule in the northeast, appearing in Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut.

Booth made the final appearance of his acting career at Ford's on March 18, 1865, when he again played Duke Pescara in The Apostate.

In 1918, Gordon played Lola Pratt in the Broadway adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Seventeen opposite actor Gregory Kelly, who later acted with her in North American tours of Frank Craven's The First Year and Tarkington's Clarence and Tweedles.

It was lip-synched by an effeminate drug dealer played by Dean Stockwell, after which Booth demanded the song be played over and over, once beating the protagonist while the song played.

" Booth was also known to be greatly attracted to Caesar himself, having played both Brutus and Caesar upon various stages.

The fictional part includes the discovery of a white blonde jungle queen, the lost daughter of a missionary, played by Miss Booth.

In 2007, Redgrave played Joan Didion in her Broadway stage adaptation of her 2005 book, The Year of Magical Thinking, which played 144 regular performances in a 24-week limited engagement at the Booth Theatre.

The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances.

In the original sketch from the programme and film version, the girl is played by Connie Booth, John Cleese's then-wife ; in the live version, the girl is played by Python regular Carol Cleveland.

In 1920, Colman went to America and toured with Robert Warwick in The Dauntless Three, and subsequently toured with Fay Bainter in East is West ; at the Booth Theatre, New York, in January 1921 he played the Temple Priest in William Archer's play The Green Goddess, with George Arliss ; at the 39th Street Theatre in August 1921 he appeared as Charles in The Nightcap ; and in September 1922 he made a great success as Alain Sergyll at the Empire Theatre ( New York City ) in the hit play La Tendressse.

The song " Misery Loves Company " was based on the Stephen King novel Misery, while " Now It's Dark " was inspired by the David Lynch film Blue Velvet, specifically the behavior of the sexually depraved, self-asphyxiating, murderous sociopath Frank Booth, as played by Dennis Hopper.

Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth ; Counterpoint ( 1968 ); A Bridge Too Far ; Cross of Iron ; The Odessa File ; Julia ; and Judgment at Nuremberg, he also played more diverse characters in Krakatoa, East of Java ; The Black Hole ; The Freshman ; John Carpenter's Vampires ; Topkapi ; Stalin ; Candles in the Dark ; Erste Liebe ; Deep Impact ; and the television miniseries, Peter the Great ( 1986 ), which co-starred Vanessa Redgrave and Laurence Olivier.

In 1974, Le Mesurier played an inspector another Val Guest sex comedy, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, opposite Robin Askwith and Antony Booth.

Booth played various roles on British television, including Sophie in Dickens of London, Mrs Errol in a BBC adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Miss March in a dramatisation of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers.

He has played on and / or produced records by Aimee Mann, Edwyn Collins, Neneh Cherry, Tim Booth ( of James ), Duffy, Eddi Reader, Hopper, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The Libertines, Heather Nova, Mark Owen, The Veils, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Cribs, Pretenders, The On-Off's, 1990s, The Mescalitas, Cut Off Your Hands, Cajun Dance Party, The View, Arkitekt, Sons and Daughters, Black Kids, Tricky, Sharleen Spiteri, Nerina Pallot and Natalie McCool.

The views of the white male character ( Eddie Booth, played by Smethurst ) were presented in such a way as to make him appear stupid and bigoted, and were contrasted with the more tolerant attitude of his wife.

It was Ball, according to numerous radio historians, who suggested Arden for Our Miss Brooks after Shirley Booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball – committed at the time to My Favorite Husband – could not.

At age 17, Booth made his stage debut on August 14, 1855, in the supporting role of the Earl of Richmond in Richard III at Baltimore's Charles Street Theatre.

Booth said that of all Shakespearean characters, his favorite role was Brutus – the slayer of a tyrant.

Una Stubbs made some guest appearances but Anthony Booth apparently wasn't interested in reprising his role.

The 1958 film version, adapted by John Michael Hayes and directed by Joseph Anthony, starred Shirley Booth ( Come Back, Little Sheba ) as Dolly, Anthony Perkins ( Psycho ) as Cornelius, Shirley MacLaine ( Terms of Endearment ) as Irene, Paul Ford ( The Music Man ) as Vandergelder, and Robert Morse reprising his Broadway role as Barnaby.

David Boreanaz ( pronounced, ; born May 16, 1969 ) is an American actor, television producer, and director, known for his role as Angel on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and as Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime drama Bones.

In 2002, she also landed a role in the indie comedy Igby Goes Down, and her turn in the theatrical production of Clare Booth Luce's play The Women was captured for PBS ' Stage On Screen series.

Alf and Else's daughter Rita ( Una Stubbs ) now lives with her husband Mike in his hometown of Liverpool and often visits her parents, although Mike does not appear ( as Antony Booth had no interest in reprising the role ).

Producer Hal Wallis expressed interest in purchasing the film rights, but felt Booth was too old for the role, and envisioned Katharine Hepburn and Ezio Pinza in the leads.

Years earlier, Loggia had expressed interest in playing the role of Frank Booth in Blue Velvet ( 1986 ).

Farrell's next American films, American Outlaws ( 2001 ) and Hart's War ( 2002 ), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including Phone Booth, S. W. A. T., and The Recruit, the latter his first starring role, were well-received as well as box office successes.

The Christian festivals of Christmas and Easter are national public holidays in the UK, and Christian organisations, such as the Salvation Army founded by William Booth, play an important role for their charitable work.

Booth gained national renown in England with his performance in the title role of Richard III in 1817 at the Covent Garden Theatre.

In 1823, Booth did the role in New York in the English adaptation by Ambrose Philips with Mary Ann Duff as Hermione.

Booth retired from his role as a UKIP MEP on 1 October 2008 and was replaced by the next candidate on the list, Trevor Colman.

Reprising her Broadway role, Booth starred opposite Burt Lancaster as Doc and Terry Moore as Marie in a 1952 film adaptation.

Many screen greats were approached to play a role but demurred because they suffered from various infirmities, e. g., Shirley Booth, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Astaire, Paul Henreid.

From Kean's time forward, many actors who have played the role — with the notable exception of Edwin Booth, who played him as a simple villain — have chosen a sympathetic approach to the character ; even Booth's father, Junius Brutus Booth, played the role sympathetically.

He also played the role of Turk, the roomer's boyfriend, in the Oscar-winning 1952 film Come Back, Little Sheba, co-starring with Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, and Terry Moore.

Several years later, Strathairn created the role of Edwin Booth with Maryann Plunkett in a workshop production of Booth!