John Drinkwater(1882-1937)

Stage: Wrote "Abraham Lincoln", produced on Broadway. Historical drama. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Livingston Platt. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Cort Theatre: 15 Dec 1919-May 1920 (closing date unknown/190 performances). Cast: John Babler (as "Second Clerk"), Charles P. Bates (as "Dennis, An Orderly"), Penwood Batkins (as "MacIntosh, A Delegate"), Ernest Bostwick (as "Montgomery Blair"), Charles Brill (as "Doctor"), Paul Byron (as "Hay"), Conrad Cantzen (as "Hawkins, First Clerk"), Duncan Cherry (as "Price, A Delegate"), Herbert Curtis (as "Simon Cameron"), Forrest Davis (as "Tucker, Chairman of Delegation"), James Durkin (as "Gen. Lee"), Jennie Eustace (as "Mrs. Otherly"), Charles Fleming (as "White, Of the Southern Commission"), Charles S. Gilpin (as "William Custis"), Frank Ginter (as "Gen. Meade"), Miss Grey (as "Guest at Theatre"), Raymond Hackett (as "William Scott"), Winifred Hanley (as "Mrs. Lincoln"), George Howard (as "Guest at Theatre"), Thomas Irwin (as "Stone, A Farmer"), Frank E. Jamison (as "Salmon Chase"), J. Philip Jerome (as "Messenger"), Florence Johns (as "Susan, A Maid in Lincoln's Home"), J. Paul Jones (as "John Wilkes Booth"), Thomas J. Keogh (as "Cuffney, A Store Keeper"), David Landau (as "Stanton"), Miss Langton (as "Guest at Theatre"), Charles Lindell (as "Guest at Theatre"), Frank McGlynn (as "Mr. Lincoln"), Alfred Moore (as "Gideon Welles"), Mary Horne Morrison (as "Mrs. Goliath Blow"), Leonard Mudie (as "A Chronicler"), William A. Norton (as "Burnet Hook"), John S. O'Brien (as "Seward"), Albert Phillips (as "Gen. Grant"), Edward Porter (as "Guest at Theatre"), Phyllis Povah (as "Guest at Theatre"), William R. Randall (as "Jennings, of the Southern Commission"), Joseph Reed (as "Caleb Smith"), Miss Robinson (as "Guest at Theatre"), Dolph Ryan (as "Soldier"), Miss Seymour (as "Guest at Theatre"), Thomas Vaiden (as "Hind, A Delegate"), George Williams (as "Aide to Gen. Grant"). Replacement actors: Edwin Barry (as "William Scott"), Conrad Cantzen (as "Price, A Delegate"), Duncan Cherry (as "Hawkins, First Clerk"), J. Colvin Dunn (as "A Chronicler"), John Meehan (as "White, of the Southern Commission"), Ralph Williams (as "Dennis, An Orderly"), Bertha Wood (as "Susan, A Maid in Lincoln's Home"). Produced by William H. Harris, Jr.. NOTE: Filmed as Abraham Lincoln (1924), Abraham Lincoln (1952).