East Lynne Theater Company
kicks off its 35th season with Mr.
Lincoln by Herbert Mitgang. The
one man show, which stars Tom
Byrn and is directed by Stahlhuth, runs June 17 through July
25. The play was selected to
commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination.
Mr. Lincoln begins on April 14,
1865, as the President is watching Our American Cousin at
Ford’s Theatre in Washington,
D.C. just days after General Lee
had surrendered to Grant, ending the war. As John Wilkes
Booth enters the President’s box
and aims his pistol, Lincoln’s life
flashes before him — taking him
back to his humble beginnings
in Kentucky, soon after he was
born in 1809. The play covers
his rise in politics and aspects
of his personal life including his
courtship with Mary Todd and
his bouts of melancholia. Virtually the entire script comes from
Lincoln’s own words.
PBS American Experience & The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey Stage
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