Durang, John (continued)

as dancing master, 171, 180–187, 191–192, 244

and Francisqui troupe, 79–80

and George Easterly’s (Esterly’s) Summer Garden, 49–53

land purchases and house building, 54, 57, 131, 199

marriages(See alsoDurang, Elizabeth Kohl; Durang, Mary McEwen), 42, 53, 221

Memoir, xiii–xvi, 196, 240, 243

Mr. Durang and Company, 195–227

and Northern Liberties Company, 49–50

puppet theater, 43–47

retirement and death, 240–244

as theater professional, xiii–xiv, 2, 245–247

training, 18–20, 37, 40

and Wall and Ryan and Company, 18–22, 24

See also ballet; benefits (actor’s); Chestnut St. Theatre (Philadelphia); hornpipes; Memoir;music; Old American Company (OAC); Ricketts’s Circus

Durang, Mary, 10

Durang, Mary Ann, 54, 162, 164, 208, 240, 242

Durang, Mary Chandler, 42, 301n100

Durang, Mary McEwen

about, 42–43, 53–54, 208, 237–238, 240

career of, 65, 68, 112, 152

death of, 159, 218, 233

marriage, 42

Durang, Mary White, 53, 220, 224–225, 238, 303n126

Durang, Mrs. Catherine, 224

Durang, Rebecca Elizabeth, 10

Durang, Susan Plaine, 54, 239

Durang (Durand), Rosalie (Miss Singleton), 239

“Durang’s Hornpipe”, 35, 83, 192, 310n221

Durang’s Terpsichore; or, Ball Room Guide (C. During), 72, 83, 192, 310n221

“Dwarf Dance” (“Dwarf Metamorphosed”), 35–36, 46, 52, 62, 73, 101, 120, 219

Easterly’s (Esterly’s) Summer Garden, 49–53

Easton, Md., 127

education (schools), 6, 9, 25, 143, 232–233, 235

Elssler, Fanny, 167–168

Enchanted Wood, The, 142, 319n339

English Dancing Master (Playford), 193

equestrianism, 71–72, 82, 89, 107, 110–111, 127, 153, 164, 167, 205–206, 245, 315n277

Esterly (Easterly), George, 50–51

Everard, Edward, 203

Everyone Has His Fault, 72

fandango, 52, 78, 85–86, 311n230–312n232

Fashionable Dancer’s Casket (C. Durang), 58, 85, 188

Federal St. Theatre (Boston), 75

fireworks, xiv, 89, 222

Fleury, Mr., 182

Foret Noire, La, 73–74, 94–95, 157