The Widow Lincoln

[Sally]

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/di...ow-lincoln

[Anita]

Thank you Sally. I will be watching.

[LincolnToddFan]

Oh, I do want to see that! I will program my dvr today! Thanks Sally!

[L Verge]

One of the Surratt volunteers saw this production at Ford's on Saturday and loved it.

[Sally]

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.

[RJNorton]

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/di...ow-lincoln

Playwright James Still joined the forum this morning. Welcome James!

[L Verge]

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.

[LincolnToddFan]

Welcome, welcome Mr. Still and congrats on your play!

[Anita]

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.

[RJNorton]

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/shatter...black.html

[Anita]

I hope forum members in the Chicago area can see this performance and report here on the experience.

[RJNorton]

I hope forum members in the Chicago area can see this performance and report here on the experience.

I second you, Anita!

[L Verge]

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/con...03647.html

[RJNorton]

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.