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Ford's Theatre ... Friday evening, Aril 14th, 1865: benefit! and last night of Miss Laura Keene the distinguished manageress authoress, and actress, supported by Mr. John Dyott and Mr. Harry Hawk : Tom Taylor's celebrated eccentric comedy as originally produced in America by Miss Keene, and performed by her upwards of one thousand nights, entiled, "Our American cousin ..."

Description

Abstract:
Playbill for Our American Cousin, performed the night of Lincoln's assassination.
Notes:
Verso contains a portrait of J. Wilkes Booth, with title "The Assassin"

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.), "Ford's Theatre ... Friday evening, Aril 14th, 1865: benefit! and last night of Miss Laura Keene the distinguished manageress authoress, and actress, supported by Mr. John Dyott and Mr. Harry Hawk : Tom Taylor's celebrated eccentric comedy as originally produced in America by Miss Keene, and performed by her upwards of one thousand nights, entiled, 'Our American cousin ...' " (1865). Lincoln Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80177/

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  • Ford's Theatre ... Friday evening, Aril 14th, 1865: benefit! and last night of Miss Laura Keene the distinguished manageress authoress, and actress, supported by Mr. John Dyott and Mr. Harry Hawk : Tom Taylor's celebrated eccentric comedy as originally produced in America by Miss Keene, and performed by her upwards of one thousand nights, entiled, "Our American cousin ..."
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  • Ford's Theatre ... Friday evening, Aril 14th, 1865: benefit! and last night of Miss Laura Keene the distinguished manageress authoress, and actress, supported by Mr. John Dyott and Mr. Harry Hawk : Tom Taylor's celebrated eccentric comedy as originally produced in America by Miss Keene, and performed by her upwards of one thousand nights, entiled, "Our American cousin ..."
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    • Order: 2
    • View

Collection:

  • Lincoln Broadsides

    Brown's Lincoln Broadsides collection comprises an assortment of printed materials intended for broad public distribution in a variety of formats. Within this digital collection you will find, for example: handbills (a single sheet of text intended for wide public distribution), …
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