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"America's First Theatre." THE THEATRE 16 (July 1912): 16. (1766)

Brede, Charles Frederic. THE GERMAN DRAMA IN ENGLISH ON THE PHILADELPHIA STAGE FROM 1794 TO 1830. PRECEDED BY A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE THEATRE IN PHILADELPHIA FROM 1794-96. Ph. D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1905. 293 p.

Brede, Charles Frederic. THE GERMAN DRAMA IN ENGLISH ON THE PHILADELPHIA STAGE FROM 1794 TO 1830. PRECEDED BY A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE THEATRE IN PHILADELPHIA FROM 1794-96. Philadelphia: Americana Germanica Press, 1918. 295 p.

"Description of the New Theatre, Philadelphia." THE NEW-YORK MAGAZINE; OR, LITERARY REPOSITORY. April 1794. Historical Society of Pennsylvania Prints Collection.

Dunlap, William. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE. 2nd ed. New York, 1963.

Durang, Charles. "The Philadelphia Stage, From the Year 1749 to the Year 1855, etc." PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY DISPATCH, First Series (1749-1821), 7 May 1854, and following issues; Second Series, (1822-1830), 29 June 1856 and following issues; Third Series (1831-1855), 8 July 1860, and following issues.

Dye, William S., Jr. "Pennsylvania versus the Theatre." PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY 55 (October 1931): 333-372. (1682-1794)

Glazer, Irvin R. PHILADELPHIA THEATERS: A PICTORIAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA. New York: Dover, 1994.

Glazer, Irvin R. PHILADELPHIA THEATRES, A-Z: A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF 813 THEATRES CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1724. New York: Greenwood, 1986.

Herr, John H. "The Bankruptcy of the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1799." THEATRE RESEARCH 11 (1971): 154-172.

Herr, John Harold. THOMAS WIGNELL AND THE CHESNUT STREET THEATRE. Ph. D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1969. 323 p. [70-09558] (1794-1803)

Holmes, Charles Nevers. "America's First Permanent Playhouse." THE DRAMA 9 (February 1919): 103-109. (1766-1821)

Hornblow, Arthur. A HISTORY OF THE THEATRE IN AMERICA. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1919.

Jackson, Joseph. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA. Harrisburg: The National Historical Association, 1931. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. UPA/Ph F 158.3 J15 1931.

James, Reese D. OLD DRURY OF PHILADELPHIA: A HISTORY OF THE PHILADELPHIA STAGE, 1800-1835, INCLUDING THE DIARY OR DAILY ACCOUNT BOOK OF WILLIAM BURKE WOOD, cO-MANAGER WITH WILLIAM WARREN OF THE CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE, FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS OLD DRURY. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. 694 p.

James, Reese Davis. CRADLE OF CULTURE: 1800-1810, THE PHILADELPHIA STAGE. Philadelphia: U of PA P, 1957. 156 p.

James, Reese Davis. "The Carriage Waits Without. Milady Attends the Theatre in Philadelphia a Hundred Years Ago." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 12 (January 1933).

James, Reese Davis. "Yoricks of Yesterday. Twelve Good Men and True Who Trod the Philadelphia Stage Over a Century Ago." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 19 (April 1940).

James, Reese Davis. "Our Early Theatre of Democracy. Thirty Years of Growing Pains in the Philadelphia Play Houses." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 21 (April 1942).

James, Reese Davis. "The First Chestnut Street Theatre." PHILADELPHIA FORUM MAGAZINE 24 (June 1945).

Janson, Charles William. THE STRANGER IN AMERICA: 1793-1806. London: James Candee, 1807.

Kirker, Harold. "The New Theater, Philadelphia, 1791-1792." Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians (March 1963): 36-37.

Lees, C. Lowell. "First Nighters of Eighteenth Century America: II. The East . . . Philadelphia." PLAYERS MAGAZINE 12 (January/February 1936), 5-6 and 28-30. (1742-)

McKenzie, Ruth Harsha. ORGANIZATION, PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT AT THE CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, FROM 1791 TO 1820. Ph. D. dissertation. Stanford University, 1952. ix, 332 p.

McNamara, Brooks. THE AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1969.

Mease, James. THE PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia: B & T Kite, for Joseph Delaplaine, 1811.

"One Hundred Years Ago The New Theatre." Rpt. from DEMOCRATIC PRESS (4 November 1822) in SHAKESPEARE ASSOCIATION BULLETIN (Autumn 1955): 446-477.

PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA, OR, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC OBJECTS IN THIS METROPOLIS, BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR STRANGERS WITH AN ADDENDA OF ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. UPA/Ph F158.18 .P47 1835.

Pollock, Thomas Clark. THE PHILADELPHIA STAGE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania, 1930. 67 p. (1723-1799)

Pollock, Thomas Clark. THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. New York: Greenwood P, 1968.

Pritner, Calvin Lee. WILLIAM WARREN'S MANAGEMENT OF THE CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE COMPANY. Urbana, IL: U of IL. Ph. D. dissertation. 1964. iv, 186 p. [65-03659] (1805-1829)

Pritner, Calvin Lee. "A Theater and Its Audience." PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY 91 (January 1967): 72-79. (1805-1829)

Pritner, Calvin Lee. "William Warren's Financial Arrangements with Traveling Stars--1805-1829." THEATRE SURVEY 6 (November 1965): 83-90.

"Shakespeare Buildings, Theatre, Arcade." Unknown newspaper. 20 December 1828. Clipping in Campbell Collection, vol. 12, p. 37, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Shiffler, Harrold C. "Religious Opposition to the Eighteenth Century Philadelphia Stage." EDUCATIONAL THEATRE JOURNAL 14 (October 1962): 215-223. (1686-1793)

Snyder, Martin P. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE: VIEWS OF PHILADELPHIA BEFORE 1800. New York: Prager Publishers, 1975. (excellent source for historical maps of the city, plus background on Birch's views)

Sprague, Arthur Colby. "The First American Performance of Richard II." SHAKESPEARE ASSOCIATION BULLETIN 19 (July 1944): 110-116. (1819)

Stine, Richard D. "The Philadelphia Theater, 1682-1829." unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania, 1951.

St. Mery, Moreau de. MOREAU DE ST. MERY'S AMERICAN JOURNEY, 1793-1798. Trans. and Ed. by Kenneth Roberts and Anna M. Roberts. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1947.

Tanner, H. S. A NEW PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA, OR THE STRANGER'S GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS. Philadelphia: H. Tanner, 1840.

Tatum, George B. "The Early Theaters in Philadelphia." Bulletin of the Philadelphia Old Town Historical Society 1:2 (October 1971): 11-16.

Watson, John F. ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA, BEING A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS, ANECDOTES, AND INCIDENTS OF THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE DAYS OF THE PILGRIM FOUNDERS. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1830.

Witham, Barry B., ed. THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. VOLUME 1: 1750-1915, THEATRE IN THE COLONIES AND UNITED STATES. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.

Wolcott, John R. ENGLISH INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN STAGING PRACTICE: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, 1794-1820. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms. Copy in the theatre collection at The Ohio State University. Ph. D. Ohio State University, 1967. 2 vols. xviii, 486 p. [68-03091]

Wolcott, John R. "The Genesis of Gas Lights." THEATRE RESEARCH 12 (1972): 74-87. (1816-)

Wolcott, John R. "Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre: A Plan and Elevation." JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS 30.3 (October 1971): 209-218.

Wollock, Abe. BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE'S ACTIVITIES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE, 1797-1808. Urbana, IL: U of IL. Ph. D. dissertation.

Wood, William B. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE STAGE. Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1855.

Young, William C. DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN THEATRE HISTORY: VOLUME 1, FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYHOUSES, 1716-1899. Chicago: American Library Association, 1973. Free Library of Philadelphia Theatre Collection 792 .Y875f.