Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Americannoun
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There are earlier examples, still occasionally revived, such as Robert E Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois or Sidney Kingsley's The Patriots, among many others.
From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2010
Like Abe Lincoln in Illinois, American Landscape sounds the trumpet for free dom, tolerance and democracy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The afterimage of a Victoria Regina or an Abe Lincoln in Illinois consists mostly of the unsettling idea that Queen Victoria was really Helen Hayes and the Great Emancipator was really Ray mond Massey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a frequently inexpert play, slow in getting started, discontinuous in structure, too literary in some of its writing, too emotional in some of its appeal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abe Lincoln in Illinois was one of three plays to win Pulitzer Prizes for author Robert E. Sherwood during a five-year span.
From Time Magazine Archive
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