John’s father was Junius Brutus Booth, son of a British lawyer and grandson of a silversmith, the first of his family to go on stage. “The actor was, of course, quite mad,” observes Gene ...

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who set John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after he killed Lincoln, was arrested in 1865 but pardoned in 1869. ... In response to efforts by Mudd's grandson Dr. Richard Mudd, ...

Matthew Weiner’s world premiere “John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!” at Baltimore Center Stage finds an actor turned assassin in conversation with himself.

1838–65 Maryland Actor. Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865.

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

John Wilkes Booth’s brother Edwin honored in NYC birthday ceremony By . Jon Levine. Published Nov. 11, 2023, 10:42 a.m. ET. Edwin Booth's 190th birthday was celebrated by The Players.