“Abe Lincoln in Illinois” is a 1938 play that is essentially a pre-presidency biography of Abraham Lincoln. It is, amazingly, enlightening to contemporary audiences. When the play first appeared in ...

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Kelli Simpkins, left, plays a teacher instructing young Abraham Lincoln (Brandon Dial) in Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois.” Simpkins plays Lincoln in his 40s in the ...

STOCKBRIDGE — Scenic designer Bill Clarke’s spare rustic setting for director David Auburn's folksy production of Robert E. Sherwood’s “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn ...

Robert Sherwood's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” primarily sourced from Carl Sandburg's biography, “Abe Lincoln: The Prairie Years,” follows Lincoln's growth from a teen ...

Biopic of Abe Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, from his early days in backwoods Kentucky to his election as President. After a time running livestock to New Orleans, he settles in New ...