British Soldiers' Theatre During the Revolutionary War by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy, Lewis B. Cullman Center

John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651 A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern) Emma Winter Zeig. When Shakespeare wrote "All the World's a Stage," he probably wasn't thinking that his words would someday be performed in an occupied city by an invading army. Nevertheless, during the American Revolution thea…

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