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Upon Edwin Booth's return to New York in 1864, what famous play did he present 100 nights in succession at the Winter Garden?

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On returning to New York he leased the Winter Garden Theatre, where in 1864 he presented his famous 100-night run of Hamlet (a record unbroken until John Barrymore's 101-night run in 1922).

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