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Charles J. Guiteau is is one out of the nine protagonist from the stage musical, Assassins by John Weidman with music by Stephen Sondheim. Based on the real assassin who shot President James A. Garfield.
Performers[]
| Character | Original Off-Broadway | London Premiere | Broadway Premiere | London revival | Encores! Off Center | 2021 Off-Broadway Revival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Hadary | Henry Goodman | Denis O'Hare | Andy Nyman | John Ellison Conlee | Will Swenson |
Biography[]
Background[]
Charles Julius Guiteau was born in Freepoint, Illinois, U.S. on the eight of September, 1841 to religious parents. From an early age, he couldn't take criticism or the word "no". He would join a highly religious group but was kicked out due being highly unpopular. He later moved to New York and became a layer where he founded his wife. He would later cheated his wife with a prostitute in hope of divorce- during their divorce Guiteau became interested in politics. During the Grant's administration he wrote a speech in hope of "helping" Grant of reelection in-order to gain a job as an ambassador. When Garfield won the nomination, he replaced any mention of Grant with Garfield. After Garfield won the election, Guiteau begins to stalk the president and one of his cabinet member, James Blaine.
Assassins[]
Along with John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, and Sara Jane Moore sings about their respective guns that affected history. Before his ballad, he tried to flirt with Sara Jane Moore claiming that a man that is going to be ambassador of France, which he sexually assaulted her.
The Ballad of Guiteau[]
After asking Blaine and Garfield for the final time, he was rejected which Blaine calls him "Mad as a Hatter", out of anger he shot Garfield outside of the train he was about to mount. Guiteau was sentenced to death which he made a poem during his execution called "I am Going to the Lordy" which was performed during his hanging. Guiteau died on June 30th, 1882.
November 22, 1963[]
During Another National Anthem, he and other assassins felt being untreated by the "American Dream". As Booth tries to convinces Lee Harvey Oswald to shoot JFK, he helped convincing by telling Oswald it would help expanding their infamous legacy.
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