Aramide Tinubu That President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who was a theater actor, is obviously widely known.
However, in Apple TV+‘s latest historical drama, “Manhunt,” based on James L. Swanson’s book, “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” creator Monica Beletsky offers highly detailed and intricate perspectives from Booth (Anthony Boyle), who saw himself as a symbol for the failed Confederacy, and Edwin Stanton (Tobias Menzies), Lincoln’s Secretary of War and close friend.
Though overlong at times, when focusing on Stanton, the series is a fresh take on the event that would change the direction of America — while drawing a direct throughline to our present-day political climate. “Manhunt” opens on April 14, 1865, the day of Lincoln’s (Hamish Linklater) assassination.
Enraged by the joyous shouts on the street celebrating the end of the Civil War, Booth begins embarking on his plot to kill the President.
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