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Abraham Lincoln
Broadway
Revival
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Abraham Lincoln Playbill - October 1929
Abraham Lincoln
Broadway
Revival
Forrest Theatre
230 W. 49th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
John Drinkwater
People (38)
James S. Barrett
General Meade
(Original)
Penwood Batkins
MacIntosh
(Original)
Charles Brill
Doctor
(Original)
Conrad Cantzen
Price
(Original)
Duncan Cherry
Hawkins
(Original)
Daniel Clark
Soldier
(Original)
William Corbett
General Lee
(Original)
Gerald Cornell
Seward
(Original)
Perry Corson
Dennis
(Original)
Herbert Curtis
Simon Cameron
(Original)
Forrest Davis
Tucker
(Original)
J. Colville Dunn
A Chronicler
(Original)
Albert Durand
Second Clerk
(Original)
Jennie A. Eustace
Mrs. Otherly
(Original)
Theodore Fetter
William Scott
(Original)
Dwight George
Hay
(Original)
Frank Ginter
White
(Original)
John Hanley
Mongomery Blair
(Original)
John C. Hickey
Salmon Chase
(Original)
Thomas Irwin
Stone
(Original)
Harold Kennedy
Cuffney
(Original)
Frank McGlynn
Mr. Lincoln
(Original)
Alfred Moore
Gideon Welles
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
William Custis
(Original)
Mary Horne Morrison
Mrs. Goliath Blow
(Original)
William Norton
Burnet Hook
(Original)
John O'Meara
Stanton
(Original)
Robert Parsons
Messenger
(Original)
Albert Phillips
General Grant
(Original)
William R. Randall
Jennings
(Original)
Joseph Reed
Caleb Smith
(Original)
Florence Short
Susan
(Original)
Thomas Spaulding
John Wilkes Booth
(Original)
Edith Spencer
Mrs. Lincoln
(Original)
Thomas Vaiden
Hind
(Original)
George Williams
Aide to General Grant
(Original)
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James S. Barrett
General Meade
(Original)
Penwood Batkins
MacIntosh
(Original)
Charles Brill
Doctor
(Original)
Conrad Cantzen
Price
(Original)
Duncan Cherry
Hawkins
(Original)
Daniel Clark
Soldier
(Original)
William Corbett
General Lee
(Original)
Gerald Cornell
Seward
(Original)
Perry Corson
Dennis
(Original)
Herbert Curtis
Simon Cameron
(Original)
Forrest Davis
Tucker
(Original)
J. Colville Dunn
A Chronicler
(Original)
Albert Durand
Second Clerk
(Original)
Jennie A. Eustace
Mrs. Otherly
(Original)
Theodore Fetter
William Scott
(Original)
Dwight George
Hay
(Original)
Frank Ginter
White
(Original)
John Hanley
Mongomery Blair
(Original)
John C. Hickey
Salmon Chase
(Original)
Thomas Irwin
Stone
(Original)
Harold Kennedy
Cuffney
(Original)
Frank McGlynn
Mr. Lincoln
(Original)
Alfred Moore
Gideon Welles
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
William Custis
(Original)
Mary Horne Morrison
Mrs. Goliath Blow
(Original)
William Norton
Burnet Hook
(Original)
John O'Meara
Stanton
(Original)
Robert Parsons
Messenger
(Original)
Albert Phillips
General Grant
(Original)
William R. Randall
Jennings
(Original)
Joseph Reed
Caleb Smith
(Original)
Florence Short
Susan
(Original)
Thomas Spaulding
John Wilkes Booth
(Original)
Edith Spencer
Mrs. Lincoln
(Original)
Thomas Vaiden
Hind
(Original)
George Williams
Aide to General Grant
(Original)
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John Drinkwater
Writer
Gerald Cornell
Director
William Harris, Jr.
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
21
1929
Closing Date
Oct
31
1929
Performances
8
as of Apr 02, 2026
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