Newport, R.I., 79

New Theatre. See Chestnut St. Theatre (Philadelphia)

New York City

dancing assemblies, 173

Old American Company, 32–34, 38, 44–47, 50, 60–63, 65–66, 69–79, 83–84, 93–94, 102

Ricketts’s Circus, 78, 112–114, 125

theater in, 16, 237

Northern Liberties (Philadelphia), 57

Northern Liberty Company, 49–50

No Song No Supper; or, the Lawyer in the Sack, 216

Noverre, Jean-Georges, 76, 91

Obi; or, Three-Fingered Jack, 146

Ode on Shakespeare, 30

O’Eller’s Hotel, 174, 183

Old American Company (OAC)

about, 25, 101–102, 113, 120, 298–299n73

Durang, 27–38, 40, 46–53, 59–80, 83–84, 93–95

Philadelphia Company, 63, 135, 135, 145–146, 156, 158, 231, 318n322

Old Schoolmaster Grown Young, The, 69

Old Soldier, The, 69, 94

Olympic Theatre (Philadelphia), 159, 165–167, 206, 220, 229

ombres (shades), 30, 46, 67

Ombres Chinois, Les, 30, 67, 192

Ombres Italiennes, Les, 30

Ormsby, John, 178

Oscar and Malvina, 63, 157, 192

Othello, xiii

Pantheon, (Ricketts’s Pantheon, Philadelphia Amphitheatre)See also Ricketts’s Circus, 110, 112, 119, 125, 127–128, 230, 247

pantomime

about, 14, 63, 82, 89–90, 156, 192

and ballet, 90–96

and Chestnut Street Theatre, 144–150, 152

and Durang’s Company, 198, 200, 205, 211, 215

and harlequinade, 96–103

and melodrama, 103

and M. Francisqui, 79–80

and OAC, 30, 33, 40, 60, 70–76, 79

and Olympic Theatre, 159, 165

and Puppet theater, 44

and Ricketts’s Circus, 110, 112–113

and Southwark Theatre, 160

See also specific titles

Paris Opera, 18, 30, 69, 76, 91, 93, 167

“Pas seul à Vestris”, 30–32, 77, 84, 102, 153, 172, 191, 220

patriotism, in theater, 16–17, 33, 67, 146, 152–154, 159–162, 164, 175

Patterson, Mr., 180

Pavilion Garden (Baltimore), 226–227

Payne, John Howard, 156, 158, 235–236, 245

Peacock, Francis, 191

Peale, Charles Willson, 17, 48

Penn, William, 5, 15

Pepin, VictorSee also Olympic Theatre (Philadelphia), 153, 156, 159, 165

Petersburg, Pa., 220

Petit, Jane. SeeDurang, Jane Petit