Land of the Free

Southwark Playhouse Borough, Inner London, Off-West End

About the Show

1865. The United States are disunited by politics, power and race. To celebrate the end of Civil War, a victorious Abraham Lincoln goes to the theatre. Not long into the show a man walks in and shoots him. Who was he? Why did he do it? And why does it matter now?

In the lead up to a tumultuous American election this November, the award winning Simple8 examine the present by visiting the past, with a searing new play about John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated a President.

★★★★★

“A company possessing the skills, dedication and intelligence to create wonder”

– The Times on Simple8’s Les Enfants Du Paradis

Twice winners of the Peter Brook Ensemble Award.
Winners of the WhatsOnStage Best Ensemble Award.

There will be a post-show discussion on Tuesday 22 October, after the 7.30pm show, with Adam Smith, director of the Rothermere American Institute and a leading expert on the USA in the 19^th Century.

Free with a ticket to that evening’s performance.