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The Booth Prism
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The Booth Prism Dramatis Personae: Abraham Lincoln—assassinated wartime president to whom freedom was not a slogan but an idea/ Andrew Johnson— Lincoln’s successor with less generous intentions/ John Wilkes ( Johnny, Pet, Wilkes, etc.) Booth—an actor and zealot both onstage and off/ Junius Brutus Booth—father of the assassin and most famous American Shakespearean actor of his day/ Edwin Booth—an older brother of J.W.B. and his father’s successor as acclaimed Shakespearean/ Junius [June] Booth Jr.—another sibling thespian and theatrical manager / Joseph Booth—another brother of J.W.B., eventually a doctor/ Asia Booth Clarke— beloved sister of J.W.B./ John Sleeper [Jack] Clarke—comedic actor and husband to Asia/ Clara Morris—popular actress who often worked with Booth/ Lucy Hale—Booth’s putative fiancée/ Isabel Sumner—a Boston grocer’s daughter,sixteen in 1864,when she and J.W.B. corresponded and enjoyed a rendezvous in New York/ Mary Surratt—Confederate-sympathizing widow hanged as part of the Lincoln assassination conspiracy/ Anna Surratt Tonry—her daughter/ John [Johnny] Surratt—Confederate spy and plotter, son of Mary, eventually captured and exonerated on the same evidence that condemned his mother/ Clara—Surratt servant/ Boston Corbett—hatter,zealot,soldier,prisoner of war, the killer of Booth 1SMITH_pages.qxd 8/13/07 10:44 AM Page 31 1SMITH_pages.qxd 8/13/07 10:44 AM Page 32 ...