Monday, May 21, 2012

Today in the Lincoln conspiracy: May 21

"This young artist's histrionic efforts [have] never been equaled by any star..."  So thundered the Boston Museum during the final week of performances by John Wilkes Booth in May of 1862.

On May 21, Booth returned to the role of Charles de Moor in The Robbers: A Tragedy.  The 1781 melodrama by German playwright Friedrich Schiller depicts a violent struggle between two brothers, with strong anti-authoritarian overtones.

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