英语词汇astor place riots的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Astor Place riots. The eminent American actor Edwin For- rest (1806–72) was a great rival of the older English tragedian William Macready, who at 78 played his last role, as Macbeth, and who died in 1873 at the age of 100. In 1849, both actors were appearing in New York, where each had ardent fans, the “common man” favoring Forrest and the elite supporting Ma- cready. The rivalry degenerated into “a struggle between de- mocracy and Anglomania,” in one critic’s words, and on May 10 a mob led by E. C. Z. Judson (writer Ned Buntline), possibly encouraged by Forrest, attacked the Astor Place Opera House, where Macready was playing Macbeth. In the Astor Place riots, 22 people were killed and 36 wounded, making this probably the worst such theater disaster of all time. Judson went to jail for a year for his part in the affair.

词汇	astor place riots
词源	Astor Place riots. The eminent American actor Edwin For- rest (1806–72) was a great rival of the older English tragedian William Macready, who at 78 played his last role, as Macbeth, and who died in 1873 at the age of 100. In 1849, both actors were appearing in New York, where each had ardent fans, the “common man” favoring Forrest and the elite supporting Ma- cready. The rivalry degenerated into “a struggle between de- mocracy and Anglomania,” in one critic’s words, and on May 10 a mob led by E. C. Z. Judson (writer Ned Buntline), possibly encouraged by Forrest, attacked the Astor Place Opera House, where Macready was playing Macbeth. In the Astor Place riots, 22 people were killed and 36 wounded, making this probably the worst such theater disaster of all time. Judson went to jail for a year for his part in the affair.
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