The Lincolns and the Actors
Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln’s brief run-in with John Wilkes Booth, but other Lincolns had life and death incidents involving theater folks.
Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth
One of dozens of etched interpretations of the Lincoln Assassination in Ford’s Theatre.
John Wilkes Booth came from a well regarded family of dramatic actors. His father Junius Brutus Booth appeared in leading roles about the time Lincoln was born. His famous older brother Edwin was the m...
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