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American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)
Also known as: J. W. Booth, J. Wilkes Booth, Джон Уилкс Бут, جون ويلكس بوث, 존 윌크스 부스, ジョン・ウィルクス・ブース
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William Shakespeare1564–1616ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetThe historical tragedies and romances in Booth's stage repertoire, such as Richard III and Romeo and Juliet, come from Shakespeare. (AI reason)
- Asia Booth Clarke1838–1888ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Her memoir of the Booth family theatrical world gives first-hand context on Booth's stage career and writings. (AI reason)
James L. Swanson1959–2025ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHis narrative nonfiction about the Lincoln assassination draws heavily on Booth's diary and letters. (AI reason)
Edward Steers, Jr.1937–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHe writes documentary-focused histories of the conspiracy and its trial. (AI reason)
Benjamin Pitman1822–1910ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHe compiled the official verbatim record of the 1865 conspiracy trial. (AI reason)
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Mary Boykin Chesnut1823–1886ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHer Civil War diary gives an intimate Southern-perspective account of the same era and political tensions. (AI reason)
Walt Whitman1819–1892ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHis elegies and prose on Lincoln's death respond to the same 1865 events from the opposite emotional pole. (AI reason)
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHis speeches and letters are the primary political texts of the period that Booth's writings react against. (AI reason)
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- The Trial of the assassins and conspirators at Washington City, D.C., May and June, 1865
- Shakespeare's historical tragedy of Richard III
- Confession de John Wilkes Booth, assassin du président Abraham Lincoln
- Theater playbill for Mr. J. Wilkes Booth in "Romeo & Juliet" at the Boston Museum, May 17, 1862