Conversation so far:
What is Edwin Booth's fathers name?
Booth.
what did he perform in first?
Tressel or Tressil in Colley Cibber's version of Richard III in Boston in 1849.
what happened next?
After his father's death in 1852, Booth went on a worldwide tour.
where did he go?
visiting Australia and Hawaii, and finally gaining acclaim of his own during an engagement in Sacramento, California, in 1856.
did he ever perform with John Wilkes?
Before his brother assassinated Lincoln, Edwin had appeared with his two brothers, John Wilkes and Junius Brutus Booth Jr..
What play?
Julius Caesar.
Did he act again?
afterward, refusing to have John's name spoken in his house.
He made his return to the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre in January 1866.

Question: Was that important?
Self-contained rewrite: Was returning to the state at the Winter Garden Theater important?