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- Old_American_Company abstract "The Hallam Company, which later became the American Company and then the Old American Company, was the first fully professional theatre company to perform in North America.The company was organised by William Hallam, former proprietor of the New Wells Theatre in London, and was led by his brother Lewis Hallam. Their company consisted of 12 adults and 3 children, drawn from English actors of \"modest accomplishment\". They arrived by the vessel Charming Sally at Yorktown, Virginia, on 2 June 1752, and made their early performances in nearby Williamsburg. Their first performance, The Merchant of Venice, is generally considered to be the first professional staging of Shakespeare in America.In 1753 the Hallam company moved to New York, and in 1754 they played in Philadelphia and in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1755 the company moved to the West Indies, and merged with the company of David Douglass. On Lewis' death, Douglass married his widow. Three years later, the company returned to tour the mainland, as the \"American Company\".Lewis' son, Lewis Hallam, Jr., eighteen at the time of the American Company's first tour, took leading roles alongside Douglass. Lewis Jr.'s style was described as declaratory rather than realistic, but he was much admired and became known as America's leading Shakespearean interpreter. Douglass had his limitations: one Alexander Graydon described him as \"rather a decent than shining actor\". However, he was a capable manager and he gave North America its first Falstaff and King John. Within the repertoire was Cymbeline, which proved a popular vehicle for two of the company's actresses, Margaret Cheer and Nancy Hallam.In Quaker and Puritan areas, the company encountered religious opposition to theatre in general. At Rhode Island in 1761 they were obliged to perform Othello disguised as \"a series of moral dialogues\". In 1774, the Continental Congress banned theatre entirely, and the company resettled in Jamaica. By that time, Hugh F. Ranking calculates that the company had performed at least 180 times, their repertoire having included fourteen of Shakespeare's plays. After the peace of 1783, the company returned to New York, with Lewis Hallam Jr. as the leading actor, and John Henry as his co-manager.Lewis Jr. is believed to be the first actor in America to perform in blackface in 1769.".
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- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Blackface.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Category:Theatre_in_the_United_States.
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- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Culture_of_Philadelphia.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Cymbeline.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink David_Douglass_(actor).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Falstaff.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink John_Henry_(actor).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink John_Hodgkinson_(actor).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Harper_(actor).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink King_John_(play).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Lewis_Hallam.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Lewis_Hallam_Jr..
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_Woolls.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink The_Merchant_of_Venice.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Wignell.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink William_Hallam_(theatre_manager).
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLink William_Shakespeare.
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLinkText "American Company of Comedians".
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLinkText "American Company".
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLinkText "Douglass travelling theatre troupe".
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLinkText "Old American Company".
- Old_American_Company wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Hallam Company".
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- Old_American_Company subject Category:Theatre_in_the_United_States.
- Old_American_Company type Art.
- Old_American_Company comment "The Hallam Company, which later became the American Company and then the Old American Company, was the first fully professional theatre company to perform in North America.The company was organised by William Hallam, former proprietor of the New Wells Theatre in London, and was led by his brother Lewis Hallam. Their company consisted of 12 adults and 3 children, drawn from English actors of \"modest accomplishment\".".
- Old_American_Company label "Old American Company".
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- Old_American_Company wasDerivedFrom Old_American_Company?oldid=693231628.
- Old_American_Company isPrimaryTopicOf Old_American_Company.