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In the 1800s side whiskers were called "Dundrearies", for a character in this play seen by Lincoln

Trivia about our american cousin

  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during Act 3, Scene 2 of this stage comedy starring Laura Keene
  • General Grant & his wife were supposed to attend this play with the Lincolns, but changed their minds
  • It's the play Lincoln was attending the night he was assassinated
  • This comic play, written by British dramatist Tom Taylor in 1858, sadly gained lasting fame in April 1865
  • British playwright Tom Taylor wrote this farce that played Ford's Theatre in April 1865
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) The story goes that the dying Lincoln was cradled by Laura Keene, the star of this play that Lincoln fatally attended, leaving his blood on a piece of her dress
  • The play "Our Leading Lady" focuses on Laura Keene, who was starring in this play the night Lincoln was shot
  • 3-word title of the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot

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