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THE AMERICAN THEATRE: A SUM OF ITS PARTS: COLLECTION OF THE DISTINGUISHED ADDRESSES PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE SYMPOSIUM, "THE AMERICAN THEATRE--A CULTURAL PROCESS," AT THE FIRST AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON, D. C., 1969. London: Samuel French, 1971.

Butsch, Richard. THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES: FROM STAGE TO TELEVISION, 1750-1990. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2000.

Engle, Ron and Tice L. Miller. THE AMERICAN STAGE: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1993.

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.

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

Hughes, Glenn. A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE, 1700-1950. London: Samuel French, 1951.

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

Wilmeth, Don B. and Christopher Bigby, eds. THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF AMERICAN THEATRE. Volume One: Beginnings to 1870. New York: Cambridge UP, 1998.

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.