Tuesday February 5, 2019 02:11 PM The unanswered question was how this Reading man happened to be present when perhaps the most infamous assassin in American history was buried. To his dying day, Florin Harbach claimed to have been present at the burial of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington on April 14,1865. Harbach, a Reading shoemaker, maintained he'd been sworn to secrecy about the location of Booth's grave by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He kept it for 49 years, and took it to his grave when he died on July 29, 1914. Harbach wrote his own obituary, which ran in the Reading Eagle on July 30, 1914, and made no mention of his connection to the Booth affair. The editors, however, inserted a paragraph that revealed Harbach's connection to the historic event. "Mr. Harbach claimed he was one of a few men who buried Booth under a pledge that they would never reveal the spot where the interment was made," the Eagle … [Read more...] about Reading shoemaker claimed he was present at secret burial of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth
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Hollywood grande dame Carole Cook goes after Trump: ‘Where’s John Wilkes Booth when you need him?’
close Video Carole Cook makes shocking quip about Trump assassination Broadway legend Carole Cook implied she wants to see President Trump get assassinated, asking 'Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?' when approached by a cameraman in Los Angeles. Broadway legend Carole Cook implied she wants to see President Trump get assassinated, asking “Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?" when approached by a TMZ cameraman in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The 94-year-old Cook’s comment delighted her husband, who quickly reminded viewers that John Wilkes Booth killed a president, who was obviously Abraham Lincoln. Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. in 1865. “Where is he when you need him?” Cook asked again before someone off camera asked, “So we need to kill President Trump?” “Why not?” Cook asked “Now, will that get me in trouble? Will I be on an enemy’s list? My … [Read more...] about Hollywood grande dame Carole Cook goes after Trump: ‘Where’s John Wilkes Booth when you need him?’
Glacity Theatre Collective examines Lincoln assassination in ‘Wilkes’
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Glacity Theatre Collective will present the world premiere of Wilkes, a contemporary play by James Stover about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln told from the perspective of Davey Herold, a friend of John Wilkes Booth who became one of his co-conspirators when Booth killed Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in April, 1865. Bryan Harkens, left, stars as Stone, Jackson Howard as Davey, and Daniel Schweickert as Booth in 'Wilkes,' a world premiere by the Glacity Theatre Collective. JAMES STOVER Enlarge After Herold was captured with Booth after 12 days on the run, Herold was tried by military commission as a domestic terrorist rather than a court of law, his right as a U.S. citizen. “Our country has long grappled with where to draw the line between criminal behavior and terrorism — as Davey Herold’s story vividly illustrates,” the playwright said. “I think there is … [Read more...] about Glacity Theatre Collective examines Lincoln assassination in ‘Wilkes’
What happened to John Wilkes Booth’s stage trunk? Play in Bel Air to explore answers
The Historical Society of Harford County will present “Final Performance or The Curtain Falls,” a one-act play by Charles George, on Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the Bel Air Reckord Armory.Tickets are $12 and may be purchased online at www.harfordhistory.org or at the door.Presented as a costumed staged reading, the show, which is set in 1873 in the basement of Edwin Booth’s theatre in New York City, the production dramatizes the legend of the disappearance of John Wilkes Booth’s stage trunk.The performance will be followed by a presentation and audience discussion of the tale led by Booth family scholar and Junius B. Booth Society President Tom Fink.The evening will also feature a special keyboard performance of period music written in tribute to Edwin Booth. Pianist and music instructor, Joan Wiggins will perform one of the many pieces of music that were written in honor of the great Shakespearean actor during his lifetime.Based on a story related by Edwin … [Read more...] about What happened to John Wilkes Booth’s stage trunk? Play in Bel Air to explore answers
The oldest theater in America is in Pa., here’s what it looks like inside: Cool Spaces
Audrey Hepburn. Sydney Poitier. Katharine Hepburn. Jane Fonda. Robert Redford. Legendary actors, all of them. And all have tread the boards of the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Proudly standing on the corner of 9th and Walnut streets, it's the oldest theater in America. Founded in 1809 as an equestrian circus, the theater can count Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette as audience members and it has held the first presidential debate between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford in 1976. It was the first theater to have gas footlights (1837) and the first theater to install air conditioning (1855). It was at the Walnut that the curtain call was introduced to America by Edmund Kean in 1820. That tradition, where actors emerge after the play for a round of applause, is a staple of plays across the world. As an equestrian circus in the early 1800s, the theater had dirt floors and a ring for horses to race around. But that changed in 1812 when it became a proper theatre, complete with … [Read more...] about The oldest theater in America is in Pa., here’s what it looks like inside: Cool Spaces