Federal Street Theatre

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Occupation Susanna Haswell Rowson
SHR gave her final performance on stage, at the Federal Street Theatre in Boston.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation Sarah Wentworth Morton
Life continued after the scandal. In 1791 SWM and her husband together backed the scheme for establishing Boston's first venue for dramatic performance. When the Federal Street Theatre opened in the 1790s (seating 1,200 people...
Occupation Judith Sargent Murray
Boston's legal ban on stage plays was lifted this same year, and JSM became an early patron of the city's Federal Street Theatre .
Field, Vena Bernadette. Constantia: A Study of the Life and Works of Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820. University of Maine Press, 1931.
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Performance of text Judith Sargent Murray
JSM 's play The Medium; or, Virtue Triumphant was performed (as by a citizen of the United States)
Skemp, Sheila L. Judith Sargent Murray. A Brief Biography with Documents. Bedford Books, 1998.
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in Boston at the Federal Street Theatre .
Harris, Sharon M., and Judith Sargent Murray. “Introduction”. Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray, edited by Sharon M. Harris and Sharon M. Harris, Oxford University Press, 1995, p. xv - xliv.
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