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21942
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The James Adams Floating Theatre was an attraction which cruised the coastal waters of the state and as far north as Virginia and as far south as Georgia. The boat, built in 1913 in Washington at a cost of $25,000, was owned and operated by James Adams a performer from Saginaw, Michigan. It could hold 850 people there were performances aboard every day. Novelist and playwright Edna Ferber used her 4-day experience on the James Adams to compose her novel, Show Boat, which was later turned in a Broadway musical.
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24561
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The ‘James Adams Floating Theater’ built in 1913 was North Carolina’s own showboat towed that was around the coastal waters of North Carolina. This article presents its history.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 18, February 1972, p8-9, il, por
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15046
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The final curtain will soon be rung on the long and interesting career of the big, old-fashioned playhouse the James Adams Floating Theatre, on board which many thousands of river town audiences in three states have laughed and cried. The Theatre will be beached on the banks of the West River south of Annapolis, MD, as the close of the season and converted into a moving picture house.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 9, July 1940, p1, 18, f
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2819
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The James Adams Floating Theater, built in Washington in 1914, traveled the coast and inland waters from Chesapeake Bay to the Carolinas, bringing theater to residents. The vessel was destroyed by fire on November 15, 1941, on its way to Savannah.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 6, Nov 1988, p10-13, il, por
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15406
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Carrying comedy, romance, and high adventure to river town in five states is the unique business of the James Adams Floating Theatre of Elizabeth City now the only show boat east of the Mississippi River. The playhouse is now on its 23rd annual tour of the inland waters along the Atlantic seaboard between Wilmington, North Carolina and Wilmington, Delaware.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 8, July 1936, p5, 22, f
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