Who is this lady?

[RJNorton]

Harvard connection or anything?

Robert was involved in the theater when he was at Harvard.

[RJNorton]

I agree, and I seem to recall it is the performance where Robert acted as a "Statist" (= not a serious role, rather living decoration, laymen...must look up the term)

I found what I was thinking of (wrote myself about the NY performance) - Robert played a gues role in the final "death scene", which his father missed because he had left earlier. It would have been the only performance with father and son in one theater - they never attended together. The plot is about the assassination of Swedish King Gustav III.

I was wondering where Eva read this, and I wrote her about it. She answered that the information is in "Father Abraham and his Sons" by Harold Holzer. Eva contacted Steve about locating Holzer's source, and Steve found it and sent it for posting. Thank you, Steve! (Robert is referred to by his "Prince of Rails" nickname in the article.)

SOURCE: New York Evening Post, February 21, 1861

Kudos to Harold Holzer on this. Before I wrote Eva, I checked at least 10 Lincoln books to try to find out about Robert on stage in New York. I even checked my books on the Lincoln inaugural train and also biographies of Robert. I drew a blank.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos and thanks much to Steve for digging this out! I couldn't find/access it! It's interesting that Holzer obviously turned "he went on stage during the masquerade scene" into a guest role. (Is "going on stage during the scene" necessarily an entire role?)

[L Verge]

Kudos and thanks much to Steve for digging this out! I couldn't find/access it! It's interesting that Holzer obviously turned "he went on stage during the masquerade scene" into a guest role. (Is "going on stage during the scene" necessarily an entire role?)

We used to call those walk-ons, and they required no lines or even motion. Wonder if Robert was in masquerade?

[wpbinzel]

Kudos and thanks much to Steve for digging this out! I couldn't find/access it! It's interesting that Holzer obviously turned "he went on stage during the masquerade scene" into a guest role. (Is "going on stage during the scene" necessarily an entire role?)

We used to call those walk-ons, and they required no lines or even motion. Wonder if Robert was in masquerade?

In Lincoln President-Elect, Harold Holzer writes: "Robert Lincoln stayed behind [after his father left the opera] and actually appeared on stage, disguised in the climatic masked ball scene." (Footnote #19, page 575.)

[RJNorton]

This lady has been mentioned previously on this forum. Who is she?

[L Verge]

This lady has been mentioned previously on this forum. Who is she?

Is she a member of this forum?

[RJNorton]

No, she is not a member of this forum.

[Gene C]

Is she a collector of Lincoln memorabilia ?

[RJNorton]

Gene, I do not know. Possibly. But the reason she has been mentioned on this forum is for something different. It is related to the Lincoln family.

[RJNorton]

Hint #1: She is an author.

[Rob Wick]

I may be mistaken, but it looks somewhat like Catherine Clinton to me.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

You are not mistaken --> good eyes, Rob! It indeed Catherine Clinton, the author of Mrs. Lincoln: A Life (and several other books). The photo was taken at the 23rd annual Lincoln Forum Symposium.

[Rob Wick]

I remembered her from the time you were talking about the pistol that Lincoln supposedly carried to Ford's Theater. I emailed her to ask about it. She seems like a very nice person.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

This lady is the daughter of a person who has been previously mentioned on the forum. Whose daughter is she?