Your personal choice of actors who have portrayed Lincoln

[Dave Taylor]

John Ford,who directed "Young Mr. Lincoln" made up many tall tales about his life and work. One involved a contemplated scene in "YML' in which Lincoln walked past a Springfield theatre which had a poster advertising a performance by John Wilkes Booth

Cool story Tom. Of course Booth never played in Springfield. In fact his only acting in Illinois occurred in Chicago during 1862.

Booth performed in Chicago three different times in 1862 (January 20 - Febuary 1, June 2 - 21, and December 1 - 20) and then returned for a fourth engagement there in 1863 (May 18 - June 6). His performances at McVicker’s Theatre were very popular and he received much acclaim.