The Booth family was a British-American theatrical family of the 19th century. Its most famous and infamous members were Edwin Booth, one of the leading actors of his day, and John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Edwin Booth as Hamlet. ... John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor infamous for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ...

The patriarch was Junius Brutus Booth, a London-born lawyer's son who eventually settled on a stage career, where he found success. He inculcated his sons with both a love for the stage and an anti-authoritarian streak, deliberately naming his youngest son after English rebel John Wilkes. He emigrated to America in 1821, settling near Baltimore, where he started a family. Junius Sr. and Edwin toured the Western United States during the Gold Rush, performing plays by Shakespeare for illiterate miners, who nevertheless had no tolerance for bad acting. Edwin Booth bought an interest in the Winter Garden Theatre at 667 Broadway in New York City together with his brother-in-law John Sleeper Clarke. The brothers John Wilkes, Edwin, and Junius Brutus, Jr. performed there in the play Julius Caesar at a benefit in 1864, the only time they were seen together on a stage, playing Mark Antony, Brutus and Cassius, respectively. The brothers in Julius Caesar [1] Photo of Booth Junius Brutus Booth (May 1, 1796–November 30, 1852) was an actor and father of John Wilkes and Edwin Booth. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... John Sleeper Clarke (September 3, 1833 - September 24, 1899), American actor, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was educated for the law. ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare probably written in 1599. ...

Notable members

• Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852), brought his mistress to the United States, who bore him 10 children.
  • Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. (1821-1883), married to Agnes Booth. Junius Jr. never achieved the same fame as his brothers, but his first wife Agnes was popular.
    • Their son Sydney Barton Booth (1877-1937) was an actor well into the era of modern film [2].
  • Edwin Booth (1833-1893), came to be the foremost American Shakespearean actor of his day. He founded The Players, a New York City actors' club which continues to the present day.
    • Edwin's grandson Edwin Booth Grossman was a painter of some note.
  • Asia Booth (1835-1888), married John Sleeper Clarke, an actor/comedian who was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the assassination. They then emigrated to Britain where he became a successful theatre manager.
    • Creston Clarke[3] and Wilfred Clarke[4], twin sons of John and Asia, were noted actors in their day.
  • John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), a popular young star in less serious fare than his brother, became a Confederate sympathizer during the American Civil War. During a play attended by Abraham Lincoln, Booth took advantage of his access to the theatre to invade the President's box and assassinate him, but died days later with law enforcement in pursuit.

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See also

• Marcus Junius Brutus
• Tony Booth (1931-), a British actor, and descendant of Algernon Booth, brother of Junius Sr.[5]
• Cherie Blair, the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair. She is known professionally by her maiden name as Cherie Booth and is a descendant of Algernon Booth.[6]
• List of show business families

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External Links

• A Brief Description of John Wilkes Booth's Family, from the Surratt House Museum
• Tudor Hall, the Baltimore-area homestead of Junius Booth, Sr.
• Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated
• Harper's Weekly contemporary account of the assassination
• Death of John Wilkes By his killer
• Family Plot at Green Mount Cemetery near Baltimore
• Family history at their house
• Letters of Edwin Booth to his daughter and friends