It tells the story of John Wilkes Booth who in 1865 shot dead President Lincoln, a moderate Republican, during a performance of the English farce Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre, Washington.

Matthew Weiner’s world premiere “John Wilkes Booth: ... So begins a thrilling, funny, complex portrait of a kingslayer who remains, 160 years on, ...

A Civil War memorial has been proposed in a small Maryland town that would include sculpted busts of, among others, President Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

The man was the actor Edwin Booth, brother to John Wilkes Booth. He was traveling with John T. Ford, the owner of Ford's Theatre. According to Emerson's book , Robert Lincoln was on vacation from ...

Told in a mere seven hourlong installments and focusing primarily on the handful of days between President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the locating of his killer, John Wilkes Booth ...

Being an actor gave John Wilkes Booth the opportunity to murder America’s greatest president, but being an actor was also his tragic flaw. Arguably, it got him killed. Enough has been written ...

An undated photo of John Wilkes Booth. Booth shot Lincoln during a performance at Washington's Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Historical accounts say he leapt to the stage, ...

Every family shares a stage, but some are more crowded than others. In her exquisite new historical novel, “Booth,” acclaimed author Karen Joy Fowler raises the curtain on a cast of ego-driven ...

”John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!” runs at Baltimore Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert St., through June 22. Tickets cost $10 to $90. For details, call 410-332-0033 or visit centerstage.org .

John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir. Asia Booth Clarke's memoir is an indispensable resource for perceiving the complexities of her ill-fated brother.