Monday theater

John Wilkes Booth (Library of Congress)

150 years ago today “President Abraham Lincoln attends the theater in Washington, D.C., ironically observing actor John Wilkes Booth perform in The Marble Heart.” ^[1] According to The Lincoln Log (you can search by the date or the name of the play) the play was staged at Ford’s Theatre .

Back on February 18, 1861 John Wilkes Booth and President-elect Lincoln both lodged in Albany, New York. Mr. Booth was performing in a play; Mr. Lincoln was on his train journey to Washington for his inauguration.

In March 1863 Mr. Booth played in The Marble Heart in Philadelphia.

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Ford’s (Around 1920; Library of Congress)

1. ^[1]Fredriksen, John C. Civil War Almanac. New York: Checkmark Books, 2008. Print. page 370.↩