
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
Oct 9 - Nov 10, 2024
Run Time
140 minutes
2024.10.09 ~ 2024.11.10
Southwark Playhouse Borough
“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one” Abraham Lincoln 1865. The United States are disunited by politics, power and race. To celebrate the end of Civil War, a victorious Abraham Lincoln goes to the theatre. Not long into the show a man walks in and shoots him. Who was he? Why did he do it? And why does it matter now? In the lead up to a tumultuous American election this November, the award winning Simple8 examine the present by visiting the past, with a searing new play about John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated a President.
Sebastian Armesto
Playwright/Author, Director
Dudley Hinton
Playwright/Author
Kate Bunce
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Chuma Emembolu
Lighting Designer
Chris Buffham
Production Manager
Elizabeth Patrick
Stage Manager
Caitlin Stegemoller
Dialect Coach
Brandon Bassir
Cast
Hannah Emanuel
Cast
Natalie Law
Cast
Sara Lessore
Cast
Owen Oakeshott
Cast
Clara Onyemere
Cast
Dan Wolff
Cast