Record #:

28645

Author(s):

Wetmore, Thomas Hall

Abstract:

Most of the actors coming to Wilmington, North Carolina before 1800 came directly from Charleston, South Carolina. The visiting actors served as a stimulus to the Thalian Association, and often the local actors offered the same plays they had seen given by the professionals.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Oct 1982, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Actors; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775