Old American Company
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Name (Latin)
Old American Company
Other forms of name
American Company
American Company of Comedians
Company of Comedians
Company of Comedians from England
Company of Comedians from London
London Company of Comedians
Park Theatre Company
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- American theatre companies, 1749-1887, 1986:p. 10 (American Company; Company of Comedians from England; London Company of Comedians; Company of Comedians from London; American Company of Comedians; Old American Company; performed throughout the American colonies, 1752-1755, in Jamaica, 1755-58; in the colonies, 1758-74; Jamaica, 1775-85; American republic, 1785-92. Became the Park Theatre Company in 1806)
- By permission of his honour the Lieutenant Governor : by a Company of Comedians : at the New Theatre in Chapel-Street, on Thursday next, being the 26th of November instant, will be presented a tragedy written by Shakespear, call'd Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ..., 1761
- Its By authority. By the Old American Company. This present evening, Friday, October 29, 1790 ... will be presented, a comedy ... 1790.
- LC in RLIN, 1/12/88(hdg.: Old American Company; usage: Old American Company)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Old American Company; usage: Old American Company; American Company; American Company of Comedians; note: Amer. theatrical troupe formed in 1752, called variously the American Company (from 1763 until about 1787, including the years it moved to Jamaica, 1775-85) and the Old American Company (from about 1787 until 1805, when the group was dissolved) but apparently no official name change occured)