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Dock Street Theatre
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina). An announcement in the South Carolina Gazette in 1736 read: “On Thursday, February 12, will be opened the New Theatre in Dock Street in which will be perform'd ‘The Recruiting Officer’.” The house became known as the Dock Street Theatre for the two years it was in operation. It closed in 1738 and burned in the great Charleston fire of 1740. Two more playhouses were built on or near its site, one in 1754 and a second in 1766, then a hotel was built in its place. In 1937, using funds and people from the Works Progress Administration, a replica of the original 1736 interior (with seating for 563 spectators in pewlike seating) was constructed inside the crumbling hotel. Owned by the city, the restored theatre opened, as its ancestor had, with a production of The Recruiting Officer. The Dock Street Theatre (which is actually located on Church Street, the name having changed in 1809) was an outgrowth of the little theatre movement.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dock Street Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dock Street Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DockStreetTheatre.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dock Street Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DockStreetTheatre.html |
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Dock Street Theatre
Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC. The first theatre of this name opened with Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer in 1736 but was not a success, and no performances are recorded there after 1738. In 1937 a second Dock Street Theatre, seating 463, was built there, and again opened with The Recruiting Officer, which was produced by the Footlight Players, Charleston's oldest amateur theatre group, founded in 1931. Since 1958 the Players have been sole lessee of the theatre, which is owned by the City of Charleston. During the interval between the two Dock Street theatres Charleston had several other theatres; but the town is not now important theatrically.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dock Street Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dock Street Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DockStreetTheatre.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dock Street Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DockStreetTheatre.html |
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