Catherine Norton Sinclair
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Catherine Norton Sinclair was an actress-manager who worked with such notable actors as Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, and Laura Keene. Her sensational divorce from Edwin Forrest captivated the Ame
Harvard Theatre Collection Catharine Norton Sinclair TC 48
Sinclair, circa 1868
George W. Jamieson
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George W. Jamieson was an American actor and lapidary, born in Varick Street, New York. His mother was an American of remarkable talents; his father was an Irishman. At an early age he was apprenticed
Catherine Norton Sinclair
…that his wife had been unfaithful to him. The event that led to the Forrests' separation and divorce trial concerned Mrs. Forrest's relationship with George W. Jamieson, one of Forrest's fellow actors. While on tour in Cincinnati, Forrest left his wife in the company of Jamieson while running an errand. Apparently…
George Jamieson as Brutus in Julius Caesar, 1855