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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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Opened Oct 9, 2009
Closed Nov 19, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize winning play spans 20 years, the period of Lincoln's maturation before he became president, exploring how Lincoln forged his conscience, his ideals, and his actions amid personal struggles and troubled years for our country.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Intiman Theatre
201 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

The Intiman Theatre's second "American Cycle" of plays gets off to a middling start with
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert Sherwood's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the early life and times of our most-mythologized president. Director Sheila Daniels shows a steady and confident hand at the helm, but her three-hour production lumbers along with all the elegance of a fully-loaded river barge. The large ensemble cast, good as it is, struggles under the weight of Sherwood's earnest, pedagogical script.

Forget about the bearded Lincoln on the five-dollar bill: Young Abe (Erik Lochtefeld) cuts an almost Gomer Pyle-like figure amongst the citizens of New Salem, Illinois. With his hillbilly[...]


Reviewed by Kelly Huffman on Oct 13, 2009

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