Booth, Adelaide Delannoy
Legal wife of John’s father, Junius. She discovered Junius was living a double life, came to America, and made the Booth family’s life a living hell.
Booth, Blanche DeBar
“June” and Clementina Booth’s daughter and an actress.
Booth, Clementina DeBar
“June” Booth’s first wife and an actress.
Booth, Edwin Thomas
John’s second oldest brother. Like his father, one of America’s foremost Shakespearean actors.
Booth, Joseph Adrian
John’s youngest brother. Regarded as a failure by his family, he became a doctor later in life.
Booth, Junius Brutus
John’s father, one of the most famous Shakespearean actors of his day. For twenty years, he deceived his legal wife into thinking he was returning to England while he secretly maintained a second family in America. He was an alcoholic and periodically insane.
Booth, Junius Brutus Jr. (“June”)
John’s oldest brother, an actor and manager. Like his father, he deserted his wife for a younger woman.
Booth, Mary Ann Holmes
John’s mother, the woman with whom Junius eloped to America while still married. She loved all her children and John the most.
Booth, Richard
John’s grandfather.
Booth, Richard Junius
Adelaide and Junius’s son. While touring with his father, he discovered Junius’s duplicity.
Booth, Rosalie Ann
John’s oldest sister. She never married and was her mother’s life-long companion and caregiver.
Clarke, Asia Booth
John’s sister, his confidante, and biographer. She married John Sleeper Clarke.
Clarke, John Sleeper
Actor, Asia’s husband, and John’s brother-in-law.
Devlin, Mary
Actress, Edwin’s wife, and John’s sister-in-law.