Before his brother assassinated Lincoln, Edwin had appeared with his two brothers, John Wilkes and Junius Brutus Booth Jr., in "Julius Caesar" in 1864. John Wilkes played Marc Antony, Edwin played Brutus, and Junius played Cassius. It was a benefit performance, and the only time that the three brothers appeared together on the same stage. The funds were used to erect a statue of William Shakespeare that still stands in Central Park just south of the Promenade. Immediately afterwards, Edwin Booth began a production of "Hamlet" on the same stage, which came to be known as the "hundred nights "Hamlet"", setting a record that lasted until John Barrymore broke the record in 1922, playing the title character for 101 performances.