Word: hamblin
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...example of the work's appeal came in May of 1849, when on the same evening in New York City there were three simultaneous productions, starring three eminent Macbeths of the time--William Charles Macready, Thomas Hamblin, and Edwin Forrest. These performances led to what has become known as the Astor Place Riot--the worst fracas in theatrical history, besides which even the celebrated free-for-all in Paris at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring seems pale. At the final tally in New York, 31 persons were killed and more than 150 injured. Such is the incredible...