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A man in this profession named Matsumoto Kōshirō is the subject of an Ōkubi-e portrait by Katsukawa Shunkō. During the Restoration, Margaret Hughes overcame a decades-long Puritanical ban on women in this job. (20[2])Nativist supporters of an American in this profession named Edwin Forrest instigated New York’s (*) Astor Place (10[1])Riot. (10[1])While working at the Odéon (10[1])in Paris, Sarah Bernhardt gained fame in this profession. (10[1])A leading American family in this profession included patriarch Junius (10[1])Brutus and a man shot (10[2])by (10[3])Boston (10[2])Corbett (10[2])in 1865. (10[6])Richard Burbage led a group of people in this profession (10[1])known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (10[2])who often worked (10[1])at The Globe (10[2])in London. (10[6])For 10 points, name this profession of assassin John Wilkes Booth. ■END■ (10[2])

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