Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes ... play's third act, Booth entered the presidential box and shot Lincoln through the back of the head. He jumped to the stage, shouting ...

John Wilkes Booth certainly saw himself as a dramatic figure in history. Upon shooting Lincoln, he jumped onto the stage and condemned his victim in Latin Who Was the Real Cleopatra? Fact or Fiction?

Scholars have “delighted” in the slender book, says Terry Alford, a John Wilkes Booth expert ... of their famous father, a stage actor. Unable to focus, Booth had left the project to his ...