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Thomas Moxley (died July 7, 1890, aged 62) was a performer and managed theaters in the United States.

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He partnered with George Kunkel[1] and performed in Kunkel's Nightingales. He did female impersonations.[2]

John Wilkes Booth and his brother Edwin Booth performed at the Richmond Theatre in Othello for Moxley.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Alford, Terry (17 March 2015). Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972369-0.
  2. ^ Rice, Edward Le Roy (1911). Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date.
  3. ^ Samples, Gordon (15 September 1998). Lust for Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0586-2.