[Tax-chick]

I wonder if Mr. Strong ever saw performances by the popular dramatic heart-throb, John Wilkes Booth, or his renowned tragedian brother Edwin Booth.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I would be surprised if he didn't, at some point. The Booth family probably played in New York at least as often as Washington. The original editors said they cut out most of the theater critiques but hopefully any diary entries describing a Booth performance will not be edited out by either them or Thomas J. Pressly, who abridged the original.

I've been reading more of Team of Rivals lately and I just came across a section describing Lincoln's and William H. Seward's avid fandom. Edwin Booth dined at the Seward home and visited the White House, which Lincoln enjoyed immensely.