Booth: Obey Necessity | 14

1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Please note, this episode contains contains adult themes, sexual content, and strong language. Listener discretion is advised.

In this first of three John Wilkes Booth special episodes, the country - and the Booth family - is torn apart in Civil War. John must choose between his family's legacy and his personal convictions.

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Featuring (in order of appearance):

Montgomery Sutton (John Wilkes Booth)

Allison Pistorius (Ella Starr)

TA Taylor (John Ford)

Alex Organ (Edwin Booth)

Jessica Renee Russell (Lucy Hale)

Erik Archilla (Samuel O’Laughlen)

Steven Walters (Robert Lincoln)

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Directed by Robert McCollum

Written by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla, Robert McCollum and Steven Walters

Music and Sound Design by Lindsay Graham

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult themes, sexual content, and strong language.
0:06.1	Listener discretion is advised.
0:13.2	Gentlemen, allow me a few words. I wish to speak today not for the sake of being looked at or
0:19.1	talked about, but to vindicate myself in the steps I intend to take.
0:23.7	I am a northern man like you, but unlike most northeres, I have looked upon both sides of this
0:32.2	question. I'm confident that you're not afraid to hear the truth however bitter it may be.
0:37.5	All I ask is that you hear me to the end.
0:54.5	That was a ventil. Yes, it was. Here. No.
1:03.2	Well, it's not enough. If you want more, just say so.
1:07.7	This was pleasure. I wanted you. So I had you.
1:13.6	Maybe you should be paying me that. What's your name, sir?
1:18.6	JB Wilkshire. Your real name.
1:22.1	I just told you. No, that's your stage name. Or should I say it was your stage name?
1:29.9	After tonight, it's a safe assumption you'll never act again.
1:34.9	You're at the theater? Everyone in town was there. I have to say, when you got booed off that stage
1:42.8	by those mean old patrons, I felt rather sorry for you. And yet you still wanted me?
1:49.7	I want what I want. And I know who you really are, Mr. Booth, who your family is.
1:58.6	Then why ask? To say if you're honest. An honest actor? No such thing.
2:04.8	You haven't asked me my name. Who's the sheet? I want to see you.
2:08.8	Look all you like.
2:12.9	You say you know my family. Did you know my brother killed my father?
2:18.7	No. Years back. They were on tour in California. My father and my brother. Edwin?
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