A Very Nice Performance

[Dave Taylor]

I'm glad you were able to make it out for the performance, Laurie. It was unlike anything I have previously attempted and, as Kate can attest to, I was very nervous about completely freezing up when the moment came. Yet, in spite of some nerves that tripped me up near the beginning of the show, I felt that I got better as it went on.

Bill, I wrote the play by using a great deal of Booth's own writings from his diary and from his "To Whom it May Concern" letter. For the words that were not Booth's words directly, I tried to extrapolate the best I could on how he would have thought and reacted. Ironically, I had several people after the event tell me how my tone was uncomfortably reminiscent of some of our modern politicians and leaders.

For those interested in viewing the performance, I put it up on BoothieBarn: https://boothiebarn.com/2017/03/04/an-ev...kes-booth/