Theatrical and Circus Life or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena
CHAPTER III.
THE AMERICAN THEATRE.
Davy Garrick at Drury Lane, London--English Actors sail for America--Voyage in the Charming Sally in 1752--The First American Theatre--The First Programme--The First New York Theatre, 1753--The First Performance in Philadelphia, April, 1754--The First Show in Boston, August, 1792--The Priest and the Spanish Lady--Elegant Theatres of the Present Period 37-42