EDMUND KEAN by Raymund FitzSimons
In his 45-year guest appearance on this planet, Edmund Kean embodied everything that is exciting and treacherous about star quality. The most magnetic actor of the 19th century became as notorious for his drinking and whoring as he was praised for turning Macbeth and Shylock into matinee idols. During his last performance, Kean collapsed into the arms of his actor son and murmured, "I am dying—speak to them for me." When he died seven weeks later, the star legend was fulfilled. Jacqueline Susann could not have written it better....
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