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RE: The Widow Lincoln - Sally - 02-03-2015 10:06 PM
Looks like C-Span's American History TV will be showing an interview with the playwright and lead actress of "The Widow Lincoln" this weekend.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?323897-1/discussion-play-widow-lincoln
RE: The Widow Lincoln - Anita - 02-04-2015 09:37 PM
Thank you Sally. I will be watching.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - LincolnToddFan - 02-05-2015 10:25 PM
Oh, I do want to see that! I will program my dvr today! Thanks Sally!
RE: The Widow Lincoln - L Verge - 02-06-2015 05:33 PM
One of the Surratt volunteers saw this production at Ford's on Saturday and loved it.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - Sally - 02-06-2015 09:15 PM
If you miss the program on TV (or your cable doesn't carry the right C-Span channel), you can always watch the replay on cspan.org.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - RJNorton - 02-13-2015 06:09 AM
(02-03-2015 10:06 PM)Sally Wrote: Looks like C-Span's American History TV will be showing an interview with the playwright and lead actress of "The Widow Lincoln" this weekend.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?323897-1/discussion-play-widow-lincoln
Playwright James Still joined the forum this morning. Welcome James!
RE: The Widow Lincoln - L Verge - 02-13-2015 10:54 AM
Welcome, Mr. Still. Several of our workers at Surratt House Museum have seen the play at Ford's and loved it - and they can be a tough audience.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - LincolnToddFan - 02-16-2015 02:09 PM
Welcome, welcome Mr. Still and congrats on your play!
RE: The Widow Lincoln - Anita - 02-16-2015 11:03 PM
Welcome to the forum Mr. Still. Thank you for making Mary Lincoln the focus of the assassination story in your play. I watched the interview on C-Span's American History TV and appreciated your remarks on how you came to that decision.
I'm not able to see the play as I live in CA but I mentioned on an earlier post that I hoped the play might be filmed and sold on DVD. If not, perhaps you can bring it West.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - RJNorton - 07-29-2017 09:31 AM
(02-16-2015 02:09 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote: Welcome, welcome Mr. Still and congrats on your play!
James Still's The Heavens are Hung in Black is coming to Chicago.
http://www.chicagoplays.com/show/shattered-globe-theatre/the-heavens-are-hung-in-black.html
RE: The Widow Lincoln - Anita - 07-29-2017 12:32 PM
I hope forum members in the Chicago area can see this performance and report here on the experience.
RE: The Widow Lincoln - RJNorton - 07-31-2017 04:34 PM
(07-29-2017 12:32 PM)Anita Wrote: I hope forum members in the Chicago area can see this performance and report here on the experience.
I second you, Anita!
RE: The Widow Lincoln - L Verge - 07-31-2017 07:17 PM
I'm not sure why this is posted under The Widow Lincoln. If it is the same play that was at Ford's a number of years ago, The Heavens Are Hung in Black is not about the assassination. It is rather a political play (and a long one) about Lincoln's plights in 1862 with the Union army slow to make progress and the pressures bearing upon him by abolitionists to take a stand on the slavery issue.
Here's the review from the Washington Post at that time:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/09/AR2009020903647.html
RE: The Widow Lincoln - RJNorton - 08-01-2017 04:49 AM
(07-31-2017 07:17 PM)L Verge Wrote: I'm not sure why this is posted under The Widow Lincoln.
I think it happened because both plays were discussed in the same thread as James Still was the playwright for The Widow Lincoln and The Heavens are Hung in Black and is a member here.