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Dec 7, 2018 · 86 pages ; 20 cm Drama in 12 scenes. The play, which in 1939 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama, concerns Lincoln's life and career--from his early, unsuccessful days as a postmaster in New Salem, Ill., through his initial forays into local politics, his relationship with Mary Todd, and his debates with Stephen Douglas, and culminates with his election to the presidency and imminent ...
Contents. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play) 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 ...
- Robert E. Sherwood
- 1939
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The Story: In the summer of 1831, when Abe Lincoln was twenty-two years old, he arrived in New Salem, Illinois, at that time a frontier village of fifteen log cabins. Shortly afterward the lanky ...
Act I. The first act of Abe Lincoln in Illinois is comprised of the play’s first three scenes. They take place in the vicinity of New Salem, Illinois, in the 1830s. Scene 1 is set in the cabin of Mentor Graham, who is tutoring young Abraham Lincoln in the use of the English language.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1938 play by Robert E. Sherwood about Abraham Lincoln's life and political career. It covers Lincoln's life from childhood through his final speech in Illinois before leaving for Washington as president. The play depicts Lincoln's romances with Ann Rutledge and Mary Todd, his debates with Stephen Douglas, and uses Lincoln's own words. It premiered on Broadway in ...
