The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ll as Edwin Booth played it. His Hamlet,while essentially a most artistic performance, hasat times suffered at the hands of the critics, bycomparison with its performance by other
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ll as Edwin Booth played it. His Hamlet,while essentially a most artistic performance, hasat times suffered at the hands of the critics, bycomparison with its performance by other actors;but this cannot be said of his other characters. Hedied in New York city, June 7, 1893. BOOTH, John Wilkes, actor, and assassinatorof President Lincoln, was born at Bel Air, Md., in1838, a son of Junius Brutus Booth, the notedactor. He made his tUb-ut as an actor as Richmond the St. Charles theatre, Baltimore,and the following season was a member of the com-pany playing at the Arch street theatre in Philadel-phia. Later, he played in various cities, and thenappeared as a star at Wallacks theatre, New York,March 31, 1862. During the ^ear 1863 he withdrewfrom the stage to speculate in oil. On Nov. 23,1864, he appeared with his brothers, Junius Brutusand Edwin, in a revival of Julius Caesar at theWinter Garden theatre. New York, playing the partof Mark Antony, and proving himself to be an. actor of earnestness and great promise. His last ap-pearance as an actor was as Pescara in The Apos-tate, at Fords theatre in Washington, the occasionbeing a benefit for John McCullough. A perform-ance of Our American Cousin was given at thesame theatre, on the night of Apr. 14, 1865, and wasattended by President Lincoln, his wife, and twofriends. During the play. Booth made his way intothe presidents box, and drawing a pistol, shot from behind, then leaped onto the stage,brandishing a dagger and crying, Sic semper iyran-nis! The South is avenged! His foot caug
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