We are in New York City, November 25th 1864. The curtain has run down on a performance of Julius Caesar, starring three actors who are related. The three great matinee idols of the day are Junius Booth playing Cassius, Edwin Booth as Brutus, and John Wilkes Booth as Marc Anthony. The curtain calls have been taken and Edwin and Junius have returned to their dressing rooms. John Wilkes alone stands on the darkened stage...