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Abe Lincoln In Illinois
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Abe
by Roger Anderson, Lee Goldsmith
Highlights
120 mins Victorian (British and American) Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American
Synopsis
Musical / 16m, 9f "The founding fathers got their own musical with 1776, so why not Abe?" - Playbill.com Abe is a new musical about the early life of Abraham Lincoln.
The show explores his youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father to his sons.
The story follows Abe from his earliest attempts at self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him
Press Reviews
"The founding fathers got their own musical with 1776, so why not Abe?"
— Playbill
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ABE LINCOLN |
| MENTOR GRAHAM New Salem schoolteacher. |
| JIM RUTLEDGE New Salem tavern owner. |
| ANN RUTLEDGE (Rutledge's daughter) Jim Rutledge's daughter. |
| DENTON OFFUTT New Salem storekeeper. |
| JACK ARMSTRONG one of the Clary’s Grove Boys |
| ANOTHER CLARY’S GROVE BOY |
| MRS. CAMERON New Salem townswoman. |
| 1ST CAMERON DAUGHTER |
| 2ND CAMERON DAUGHTER |
| MARY TODD a visitor in Springfield. |
| ELIZABETH EDWARDS (Todd's sister) Mary Todd's sister. |
| NINIAN EDWARDS Elizabeth’s husband, a Springfield politician. |
| 1ST MALE GUEST |
| 2ND MALE GUEST |
| BILLY HERNDON a young lawyer. |
| 1ST LADY GUEST |
| 2ND LADY GUEST |
| MARY’S DANCING PARTNER |
| A SPRINGFIELD CITIZEN |
| HIS WIFE |
| ROBERT LINCOLN - Abe and Mary’s son. |
| WILLIE LINCOLN Abe and Mary’s son. |
| TAD LINCOLN - Abe and Mary’s son. |
| MR. BROOKS a New York reporter. |
+ 7 more characters
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 2009
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French Acting ed.
Pages 92
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573696442
ISBN-10 0573696446
LCCN 2011560988
LCC ML50.A565 A34 2009
Abe is a American play written by Roger Anderson and published by Samuel French in New York (2009).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .
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