Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Boston Museum playbill for Richard III starring John Wilkes Booth. Broadside, 14 x 6 inches; creased, toned within mat area, mat remnant on verso. Boston, 15 May 1862
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This playbill dates from Booth's first visit to Boston, just as his theatrical career was reaching its peak. He made his debut on May 12 at the Boston Museum, then the preeminent theater in the city. This playbill promises that "J. Wilkes Booth . . . will repeat his performance of Richard III, received on Monday evening last with prolonged and enthusiastic plaudits from the largest audience ever assembled within the walls of the museum!" Less than three years later, he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.