Today in the Lincoln Conspiracy: May 16
During the month of May 1862, John Wilkes Booth appeared in a series of plays at the Boston Museum. On May 16, he starred in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, a role that had helped vault his elder brother Edwin to national acclaim.
The Booth brothers (left to right) John Wilkes, Edwin and Junius Brutus Jr.
Booth was warmly greeted by the Boston theater set. One newspaper reviewer called him "the most promising young actor on the American stage". He turned 24 years old during his run in Boston.
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