Five original circa 1870s playbills from the Boston Theatre, with several boasting connections to the assassination of President Lincoln, who was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth during a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Includes:
April 29, 1872: Maggie Mitchell (a close friend of John Wilkes Booth) in Fanchon the Cricket.
May 25, 1872 - Highlighted by Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle, Mrs. J. B. Booth's recitation of "John Burns of Gettysburg," and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. (brother of John Wilkes Booth) starring with his wife in Robbers.
March 7, 1874 - Highlighted by Our American Cousin, billed as the "Farewell of Mr. Sothern," who was famed for playing Lord Dundreary.
January 11, 1875 - Highlighted by Musette starring Lotta Crabtree
September 18, 1876 - Katie Claxton and Marie Wilkins in The Two Orphans.
In overall fine condition, with a small tear to the top of the Our American Cousin playbill, and a partial edge tear to the Fanichon playbill.
