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3. Sic Semper Tyrannis

David Pownall Assassins
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14 April 1865 at the Ford Theatre, Washington. John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln dead. Stars Nathan Osgood.

Friday, April 14th 1865:

Thirty minutes into the performance of 'Our American Cousin', at the Ford Theatre, Washington, John Wilkes Booth entered US President Abraham Lincoln's State Box, and shot him dead.

What set of remarkable circumstances led up to an event that in its time was as momentous as the assassination of JF Kennedy?

The last of David Pownall's series of plays exploring the hearts and minds of three of history's most celebrated killers.

John Wilkes Booth........... Nathan Osgood
Davey Herold....................... Carlos Antonio

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in March 1999.

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