Philadelphia

about, 5–6, 15, 56–57, 60–61, 67, 70, 136–137, 173–179, 212–213, 232–233

and Charles Durang, 53, 199, 202, 238

dancing academies, 180–187

as Durang’s home, 13, 43, 55–56, 114, 125, 131, 243–244

and Jacob Durang, 39, 47

pleasure gardens, 51

and Revolutionary War and Constitutional Convention, 12–13, 47–48

theater in, 2–3, 13–19, 25, 46, 49–50, 125–126, 169, 235–237, 247

See also Chestnut St. Theatre; dancing assemblies; George Easterly’s (Esterly’s) Summer Garden; Northern Liberties; Old American Company (OAC); Olympic Theatre; Ricketts’s Circus; Southwark Theatre; Vauxhall; Walnut Street Theatre

Philadelphia Company. SeeOld American Company (OAC)

Phile, Philip, 34

Picken, Andrew, 37

Pierrot in the Clouds (Harlequin Balloonist), 69

Pies, Mr., 180

Pizarro, 161

Placide, Alexander, 69–70, 87–89, 93–94, 246, 298n62, 307n186

Plaine, Susan (Durang), 54, 239

pleasure gardensSee alsoGeorge Easterly’s (Esterly’s) Summer Garden; Vauxhall, 49–50, 231

Poor Gentleman, The, 146

Poor Jack. See Wapping Landlady

Poor Soldier, The, 44, 46, 68, 80, 192, 220, 301n106

Port Folio(journal), 151

Priest, William, 56, 138, 196–197

Prigmore, Mr., 131

Prince of Parthia, The, 60

Prisoner at Large, The, 68

prompters, 39–40, 53, 238

Providence, R.I., 74, 79

Provoked Husband, The, 76

puppet theater, 43–47

Puritans, 15, 22, 176, 189

Pursell, Mr., 50

Pygmalion; or, the Animated Statue, 103, 167

pyrotechnics, xiv, 89, 222

Quakers, 2–3, 6, 15, 19, 57, 138, 173, 177

Quebec, Canada, 123–124

Quesnay de Glouvay, Alexander, 14, 17

Quesnet, Alexandre, 72–73, 94, 178, 182, 186

Quincy, Josiah, 23

Raising the Wind, 149, 219

Rannie, James or John, 147, 197–198

Rayneval, Conrad Alexandre-Gérard de, 13–14

Reading, Pa., 180, 201, 208, 238

Recess, 70

reels, 87, 120, 187, 189–192, 220

Régiment Suisse de Waldner, 1

rehearsal practice, 39–40, 137, 158, 182, 300n91