 On November 25 , 1864 , Booth performed for the only time with his two brothers , Edwin and Junius , in a single engagement production of Julius Caesar at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York . He played Mark Antony and his brother Edwin had the larger role of Brutus in a performance acclaimed as " the greatest theatrical event in New York history . " The proceeds went towards a statue of William Shakespeare for Central Park , which still stands today . In January 1865 , he acted in Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet in Washington , again garnering rave reviews . The National Intelligencer enthused of Booth 's Romeo , " the most satisfactory of all renderings of that fine character , " especially praising the death scene . Booth made the final appearance of his acting career at Ford 's on March 18 , 1865 , when he again played Duke Pescara in The Apostate . 
