Abaellino, the Great Bandit, 161

Abercrombie, Charlotte, 160–161

Abercrombie, James, 160–161

Abercrombie, Sophia, 160–162, 164

acrobatics, 70, 82, 87–89, 97, 101, 129, 131, 146, 245

Adams, John, 60, 64–65

Adelmorne, the Outlaw, 146, 278

African dancing school, 183

Africans; or, War, Love, and Duty, The, 157, 289

afterpieces, 3, 82, 144, 149

Albany, N.Y., 115–116, 125

Alexander the Great, 25, 127

Alexander the Great, 145

Alexandria, Va., 127, 213

Allemande, 262

allemandes (alamande, allemande, almande), 19, 84–85, 182, 191, 220

Allen, Mr. and Mrs., 26–27, 29, 32, 44, 49

Allport, Mrs., 215

Almack’s Assembly Rooms, 172

Alsop, Mrs., 169

American character, 60

American CompanySee also Old American Company (OAC), xiv, 1, 3–4, 7, 16–17, 23, 25

American culture, 176, 233

American English, xiv, 61, 233–234, 245

American Heroes, 152, 268

American identity, xiv, 61

American Volunteer, The; or, a Scene on the Frontier, 160

Ancient Maid, or, the Lovers of Old, The, 197

Anderson, Mr., 215

André, Mr., 68, 307n183

Angiolini, Gasparo, 91

Annapolis, Md., 68, 114, 127, 204, 301n103

Anthony, John, 183

Archers, The; or, the Mountaineers of Switzerland, 76, 78, 169

Arnal, Louis, 180

Astley, Philip, 89

audience behavior, 138, 146, 151, 154–155, 157

Auld Robin Gray, 76–77

Auriol, Mr., 182, 186

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 48

Bache, Sally, 47–48

Baconais, Mr., 179

ballet

in the 18th century, 90–96, 156, 189

the Abercrombies and, 160–161

and the clown, 89

Durang and, 18, 30–32, 44, 77, 84, 84, 84, 90–96, 112–113, 120, 124, 127, 154, 154, 154, 157–158, 160–161, 168, 198, 206, 206, 245–246

Durang’s dancing academy, 182, 191–192