 In January 1865, he acted in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in Washington, again garnering rave reviews.The "National Intelligencer" called 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."