EXCERPT FROM SCENE 1:

LINCOLN
Whatll you do after the war,
Corporal Clark?

IRA CLARK
Work, sir. Perhaps youll hire me.

LINCOLN
Perhaps I will.

IRA CLARK
But you should know, sir, that I
get sick at the smell of bootblack
and I cant cut hair.

Lincoln smiles.

LINCOLN
Ive yet to find a man could cut
mine so itd make any difference.

HAROLD GREEN
You got springy hair for a white
man.

Lincoln laughs.

LINCOLN
Yes, I do. My last barber hanged
himself. And the one before that.
Left me his scissors in his will.
(Kushner 3-4)