Scope and Contents: "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" was produced at the Kelso Hollow Theatre in New Salem State Park, Petersburg, Ill., from 1980 to 1987. Written by James Hurt, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, it was performed by the Great American People Show, a summer theatrical company directed by John Ahart. The play was performed in repertory, first with "Your Obedient Servant, A. Lincoln" and then also with "Even We Here."
James Hurt donated the script to the Library in 1990. It is now (2009) filed among other papers about the play in the Great American People Show collection.
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