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Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a play written by the American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1938, based principally on the 1926 biography Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg. The play, in three acts, covers the life of President Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois before he left for Washington.
Cover of Sherwood's play There Shall Be No Night. Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter.. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
The opening night in the city's first 4,000-seat motion picture theatre reportedly was a mob scene, with some people who had no intention of going to the theatre swept in off the streets by the crushing crowds. [86] The Chicago Health Commissioner declared that the air-conditioned air in The Tivoli "was better than that on Pike's Peak". [18]
The program follows the plot of Robert E. Sherwood's 1938 play, Abe Lincoln in Illinois.It covers the life of Abraham Lincoln before moving to Washington, D.C. It covers his life in New Salem in the 1830s, in Springfield in the 1840s, his courtship of Mary Todd Lincoln, and the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
The Little Theatre on the Square; Muddy River Opera Company; Orpheum Theater (Galesburg) Peoria Civic Center; Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre; Rock Valley College Studio Theatre; Sesser Opera House; Station Theatre (Urbana) Theatre & Interpretation Center; Woodstock Opera House; In the Chicago area:
Chippendales felt Nashville provided "an ideal demographic — bachelorette parties visiting downtown Nashville." But the deal fell through. Nashville's Woolworth Theatre almost hosted ...
Woolworth in downtown Nashville is a historical site of national importance where the struggle for civil rights was fought nonviolently with strength and dignity. It achieved the desegregation of ...
Abe Lincoln in Illinois may refer to: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a 1938 play by Robert E. Sherwood; Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a 1940 biographical historical drama film; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Hallmark Hall of Fame), an American television play; Abraham Lincoln's political career in Illinois