Our leading lady
By: by Charles Busch.
Publisher: Samuel French
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780573650772
Description: "Set in Washington, DC, in 1865, the play is about Laura Keene, the British-born stage actress whose company was performing Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth. In classic Charles Busch fashion, Our Leading Lady is a backstage comedy in which a presidential assassination is not merely a national tragedy but also a vexing interruption in a powerful woman's quest for fame and glory. Imagine the collision of the Civil War era with Noises Off."--P.4 of cover.