If Booth Had Missed
by Arthur Goodman

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120 mins 19th Century Ensemble Cast Interior Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

This play is an imaginary presentation of what might have happened if Lincoln had lived to carry out his program of reconstruction which Johnson willingly shouldered and which brought this loyal successor to impeachment and eventual trial.

He shows Lincoln faced with the political rapacity of the Reconstruction, conspired against, and finally impeached.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lloyd Payne One of Booth's accomplices	—	—	One of Booth's accomplices
Thaddeus Stevens A member of the House of Representatives and the leader of the Republican Party	—	—	A member of the House of Representatives and the leader of the Republican Party
Henry W. Davis A Senator	—	—	A Senator
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler A member of the House of Representatives	—	—	A member of the House of Representatives
Benjamin F. Wade A Senator	—	—	A Senator
Francis Hilton An editor	—	—	An editor
Edwin M. Stanton The Secretary of War	—	—	The Secretary of War
Major Rathbone An aide	—	—	An aide
Captain Smiley Attache in Stanton's office	—	—	Attache in Stanton's office
Major Reed Attache in Stanton's office	—	—	Attache in Stanton's office
John Hay Lincoln's secretary	—	—	Lincoln's secretary
John Nicolay Lincoln's secretary	—	—	Lincoln's secretary
Mrs. Jefferson Davis The wife of the ex-President of the Confederacy	female	—	The wife of the ex-President of the Confederacy
Gideon Welles The Secretary of the Navy	—	—	The Secretary of the Navy
William Seward The Secretary of State	—	—	The Secretary of State
Hugh Mcculloch The Secretary of the Interior	—	—	The Secretary of the Interior
Henry Stanberry The Attorney General	—	—	The Attorney General
Andrew Johnson The Vice-President	—	—	The Vice-President
W.M. Evarts An attorney	—	—	An attorney
Curtis An attorney	—	—	An attorney
Sambo A porter in Ford's Theatre	—	—	A porter in Ford's Theatre