at 1.i remember john's arrest -- at oine point john surma at surratt -- john dr. alford: -- surratt said, should we check this with the confederates? [laughter] they may hit us over the head and turn this over to the yanks. that is something the as birders talked about. -- conspirators talked about. >> you describe booth's father as troubled. booth went into his father's profession. i'm interested about his attitude. did he reject his father or did he keep a compassionate view? dr. alford: is used were mixed and not very public. i found a couple of examples. actors are very clanish and isolated. particularly in that time because they had an odd occupation by the standards of 1860 and one part of the religious part of the country looked down on. a lot of people would not go to the theater under a circumstances. they considered it inconsistent with the seventh commandment. i think some actors closed wagons when it dealt with outsiders. booth greatly admired his father's acting ability. did not think he was the greatest actor, but he felt the alcoholism put a dreadfu

at 1.i remember john's arrest -- at oine point john surma at surratt -- john dr. alford: -- surratt said, should we check this with the confederates? [laughter] they may hit us over the head and turn this over to the yanks. that is something the as birders talked about. -- conspirators talked about. >> you describe booth's father as troubled. booth went into his father's profession. i'm interested about his attitude. did he reject his father or did he keep a compassionate view? dr. alford: is used were mixed and not very public. i found a couple of examples. actors are very clanish and isolated. particularly in that time because they had an odd occupation by the standards of 1860 and one part of the religious part of the country looked down on. a lot of people would not go to the theater under a circumstances. they considered it inconsistent with the seventh commandment. i think some actors closed wagons when it dealt with outsiders. booth greatly admired his father's acting ability. did not think he was the greatest actor, but he felt the alcoholism put a dreadfu