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Abraham Lincoln

Surrey professional theatre company LynchPin brings an engrossing play about American President Abraham Lincoln to Petersfield this month. ‘Old Abe’ by Hugh Steadman Williams paints a portrait of arguably the greatest US President and champion of liberty. In documentary style, a journalist leads Lincoln to recount his story, from childhood poverty, his self-education to become a lawyer and politician, through his election as President to leading the Union through the turmoil of the Civil War and abolition of slavery. Performed by two actors as a multi-media staged reading, the play movingly quotes from Lincoln’s letters, witty anecdotes and his extraordinary and inspiring speeches which helped him reach, and heal, a fractured nation. Renowned for his eloquence and clarity of thought, Lincoln’s words have resonance in today’s uncertain times. 13 September at 7:30pm at Petersfield Museum, St Peter’s Road, GU32 3HX

https://www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/old-abe