Lincoln and his cane?

[RJNorton]

(08-13-2017 12:57 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  I could not find a specific reference as to when President Lincoln saw her perform in the role but obviously the Brady photograph does prove that she did play this role in Washington DC.

David, I tried to find that Abraham Lincoln saw Charlotte Cushman in her most famous role as Meg Merrilies (in Guy Mannering), but so far I am drawing a blank. I checked Tom Bogar's American Presidents Attend the Theatre and found that President Grant saw her in this role on March 7, 1873, at Wall's Opera House in Washington. As far as I can tell, Lincoln saw Cushman at Grover's Theatre in a performance of Macbeth on October 17, 1863. So far I have not been able to find that he ever saw her as Meg Merrilies. As you correctly say, she did perform in this role in Washington (probably many times), but I cannot find that Lincoln ever was in attendance to see her in that particular role.