Reply #24: His name was Edwin, and yes, he did.

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He was lready well known at th time of Lincoln' death. And, Edwin laid low for awhile afterwards. But his greatest triumphs as an actor were yet to come! InJanuary 1866, he beagan his legendary Broadway run in Hamlet (100 performances). His fainal performance was in 1891, as Hamlet. He died in 1893 at the age of 59 in his apartmant at the Player's Club in NYC. The actor's club that he had founded and is still going strong.