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Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: April 14 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Ernio Hernandez and Anne Bradley

1865 Our American Cousin starring Laura Keene is in performance tonight when John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Booth's brother Edwin refrains from acting for the next two years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on April 14, 2015

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