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Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

May's Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0995
Abstract

This collection contains histories (mostly day by day accounts) of the theatres that existed in Baltimore from 1750-1904. Included are such famous ones as the Holliday Street Theatre, Front St. Theatre, Ford's Grand Opera House, and The Lyric, as well as less known taverns and coffee houses giving entertainment. Biographies of the leading men connected with these theatres include Edmund Kean, Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind, and Charles Dickens, among others.

Dates: 1750-1904