ENG122H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Wilkes Booth, Top Hat, Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Suzan lori parks was interested in history; she was a theatre archaeologist; interested in how we interact w/ history (arifacts, people, documents) Act 1: imitator of abraham lincoln, assassinaion of lincoln is played over and over (repeiion and revision) There was once a man who was told that he bore a strong resemblance to abraham lincoln. The foundling father: someone who pops or an illegiimate child, not intended to make fun of the, but in the play he is. Referring to archetypes (not original, but imitaing the original) Parody: an exaggerated imitaion of a paricular genre, style, or author for the purposes of commening on the original. Abraham lincoln wasn"t one of the foundling fathers. The greater one: being the 16th president of the united states, being the president during the civil war, issuing the emancipaion proclamaion, being assassinated by john wilkes booth in 1865 at ford"s theatre. Wore a stovepipe hat; beard; tall and think.
