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SHAKESPEARE IMPLICATED IN LINCOLN ASSASSINATION PROBE
Booth Got Idea For Regime Change From Bard's "Julius Ceasar"
 Richmond, VA - (GNS)
- Scholars at several Virginia universities now believe Shakespeare was involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
     They say evidence also points to the idea of "regime change", possibly the first use of the phrase in relation to U.S. policy.
     "John Wilkes Booth's brothers were well-known Shakespearian actors, and J.W. was an actor, too. They performed many of Shakespeare's plays, including Julius Ceasar," said historian Busey Beauregard of the University of Virginia.
     According to Beauregard, John Wilkes Booth got the idea of killing Lincoln after acting out the scene in which Julius Ceasar is assassintated.
     "If Shakespeare was involved, we may want to question whether or not his works should continue to be taught," Beauregard said.
     "Surely royalties from the works should go to Lincoln's widow," he said.
     Professor Fermin Wulch of Richmond University said Booth's goal in the assassinatin was "regime change".
     "He was clearly hoping that with Lincoln out of the way, the people of the North would see themselves as liberated and would join the South in their slavocracy," Wulch said.
     Wulch said this analysis was based on the evidence, including Booth's shouted words when he shot the president, "Death to Tyrants".
     "A person who kills a tyrant sees himself as an avenger or liberator or both," Wulch said.
     Wulch said Booth's misread of the entire confrontation allowed him to deceive himself into believing the North would join the South upon Lincoln's death.
     "There are lessons here," Wulch said.
     "History is replete with lessons," Beauregard agreed.
     Both men called for additional funding, and England's cooperation in investigating the Booth-Shakespeare connection.