Editing Edwin Forrest (section)

==Philanthropic efforts==
[[File:Edwin Forrest Mansion.jpg|thumb|right|Edwin Forrest home in Philadelphia]]
His love of the theatre was unbounded, and he is one of the few whose memory survives to this day, for he used his considerable accumulated wealth to support his fellow actors.

This began in 1865, the year of Lincoln's assassination by the actor [[John Wilkes Booth]], a time when the public held those in the acting profession in low regard, if not contempt. He sheltered actors at his Summer home near Philadelphia and, in 1876, four years after his death at the age of 66, his will instructed that there should be formed the Forrest Home for retired actors in Philadelphia, which was to last for over one hundred years before being folded into the much larger [[Actors' Fund|Actors Fund]] facility in [[Englewood, New Jersey]]. There his name lives on, in the Edwin Forrest Wing. His will also instructed that a two thousand dollars bequest be provided to Actors' Order of Friendship, whose New York City Lodge was named after him.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 1872 |title=The Edwin Forrest Home |pages=8 |work=New York Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-daily-herald-will-of-edwin-fore/125549067/ |access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

In the 1920s, architect [[Herbert J. Krapp]] was chosen to design two new theatres, one in New York City and the other in Philadelphia. Both were initially named the Forrest Theatre in honor of Forrest and his contributions to the theatre world. While the Philadelphia location is still called the [[Forrest Theatre]], the building in New York has changed names over the years and is currently known as the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre]].<ref>[http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/forrest_theatre_philly.asp "The Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827000746/http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/forrest_theatre_philly.asp |date=August 27, 2014 }} Shubert Organization. Retrieved March 30, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.eugene-oneill-theater.com/ "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208032441/http://www.eugene-oneill-theater.com/ |date=February 8, 2009 }} Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Retrieved March 30, 2009.</ref>