“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 ...

Step into the life and evolution of one of America's most iconic figures in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS. Charting Lincoln's extraordinary journey from ...

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 ...

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 ...