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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

American  

noun

  1. a play (1938) by Robert E. Sherwood.


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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

In Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Playwright Sherwood beats the drum for liberal democracy; in Knickerbocker Holiday, the author of High Tor gives comfort to high Tories.

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 was one of three plays to win Pulitzer Prizes for author Robert E. Sherwood during a five-year span.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like Abe Lincoln in Illinois, American Landscape sounds the trumpet for free dom, tolerance and democracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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