Trivia 4-23-15 Name that Show!

[Trivia Master]

On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated the President during a performance of? Name the performance.

credit: @Seduzal

 

[Northern Light]

On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated the President during a performance of? Name the performance.

credit: @Seduzal

Our American Cousin

 

[O' Be Joyful]

Our American Cousin

 

[ErnieMac]

Our American Cousin.

 

[kholland]

Our American Cousin

 

[blwhite]

Our American Cousin

 

[Brenal]

Our American Cousin.

 

[DRW]

Our American Cousin

Edit - Correct, DRW. Welcome to the trivia game.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[C.S.M 1861]

"John T. Ford's theatre on 10th Street was in its second season when the English actress and producer Laura Keene (1826-1873) opened a two-week engagement with Ford's stock company that would conclude with a production of the British hit comedy Our American Cousin. Keene would appear in the role of Florence Trenchard, supported by two other guest stars from her own New York company, the English-born John Dyott (1812-1876) and Harry Hawk (1837-1916). The performance, scheduled for April 14th, would also be a "benefit" for Keene (meaning that the house proceeds were reserved for her). By persuading President Lincoln to attend, Ford could use both the "benefit" and Lincoln's presence as lures to pack the theatre with playgoers. The tickets, costing 75 cents each and handed to ticket-taker John Buckingham in the lobby, would entitle the bearers to a seat in the first tier of the theatre, on the same level with the box the president would occupy that night."
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http://www.fords.org/home/plan-your-visit/daytime-visits-fords-theatre/museum/our-american-cousin

 

[GELongstreet]

Our American cousin

 

[rhettbutler1865]

On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated the President during a performance of? Name the performance.

credit: @Seduzal

"Our American Cousin" was the play Lincoln was watching (in good spirits) when shot by Booth.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

"Our American Cousin"

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Our American Cousin

 

[FarawayFriend]

Hah, another one I knew without research, although I had to look up the author.
It was "Our American cousin" written by British playwright Tom Taylor.
And there even is a reprise:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...assination-Fords-Theatre-Play--299643681.html

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

It was Our American Cousin (assuming one is referring to Ford's Theatre that night).

 

[Stony]

United States PresidentAbraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin atFord's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close.

 

[Mr. King]

Our American Cousin. A British comedy, I think.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Our American Cousin

 

[lelliott19]

The President and Mrs Lincoln were attending a special benefit performance of the British hit comedy "Our American Cousin," an 1858 three-act play by Englishman Tom Taylor.

"By persuading President Lincoln to attend, Ford could use both the "benefit" and Lincoln's presence as lures to pack the theatre with playgoers. The tickets, costing 75 cents each and handed to ticket-taker John Buckingham in the lobby, would entitle the bearers to a seat in the first tier of the theatre, on the same level with the box the president would occupy that night." http://www.fords.org/home/plan-your-visit/daytime-visits-fords-theatre/museum/our-american-cousin

 

[E_just_E]

Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor (English)