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==Playwriting contest== [[File:Coat of Arms of Edwin Forrest.svg|150px|thumb|[[Canting arms]] of Edwin Forrest]] Edwin Forrest began a playwriting contest from 1828 to 1847. The only rule the plays had to follow was that the lead Character had to fit Forrest and the plays typically followed American themes. The first play to win the contest was ''Metamora'' by John Augustus Stone in 1828. The winner the following year was ''The Gladiator'' by [[Robert Montgomery Bird]]. Other winning titles include Richard Penn Smith's ''Caius Marcus''; two other plays by Robert Montgomery Bird: ''Oralloosa'' and ''The Broker of Bogota''; and Robert T. Conrad's ''Jack Cade''. Forrest was now known as a great Shakespearean actor as well as a supporter of emerging American playwrights. However, though his contest did raise the general reputation of American playwrights, it did little to help get the winners' plays produced elsewhere. ''Metamora'', ''The Gladiator'', and ''Jack Cade'' so well suited Forrest's strengths as a performer, showing off his strong voice and well-developed physique, that they remained in Forrest's personal repertory for the rest of his career.
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