Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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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
Jason Robards stars in a 1964 TV adaptation of Robert Sherwood's play, Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
With Anderson, he has the highest critical boiling point; brought in a plausible minority report on Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
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
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