Editing Edwin Booth (section)

===Booth's Theatre===
[[File:Edwin Booth Richard III Playbill 1872.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.6|[[Booth's Theatre]] Playbill of his ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' ''circa'' 1872]]
In 1867, a fire damaged the Winter Garden Theatre, resulting in the building's subsequent demolition. Afterwards, Booth built his own theatre, an elaborate structure called [[Booth's Theatre]] in [[Manhattan]], which opened on February 3, 1869, with a production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' starring Booth as [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]], and Mary McVicker as [[Juliet Capulet|Juliet]]. Elaborate productions followed, but the theatre never became a profitable or even stable financial venture. The [[panic of 1873]] caused the final [[bankruptcy]] of Booth's Theatre in 1874. After the bankruptcy, Booth went on another worldwide tour, eventually regaining his fortune.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}