- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
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- Coriolanus
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- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
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- Henry VI, Part 1
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- Henry VI, Part 3
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Laura Keene, an actress in the play that the Lincolns had come to see at Ford’s Theatre, made her way to the presidential box after the shooting and asked Dr. Leale’s permission to cradle the wounded president’s head in her lap. Keene, like Booth, was an actor who wanted to play a part in the dramatic events unfolding in the real world. It was a shocking request, given that Lincoln was the president, that he was unconscious and could not give his consent, and that Keene’s action could not help him in any way. It is hard to say why…
