Federal Street Theatre

History

Events

• 1794
• * Feb. 3 – "Tragedy of Gustavus Vasa"
• * Feb. – "The Child of Nature" and "The Agreeable Surprise"
• * April – "The Chapter of Accidents;" and "Midas," a burletta
• 1795 – Judith Sargent Murray's "," debuts 2 March 1795. .
• 1796
• * March 9 – Judith Sargent Murray's "," debuts.
• * John O'Keefe's "Farmer," with Susanna Rowson
• 1802
• * A young Hawaiian called "Bill" performed in the pantomime "The Death of Captain Cook."
• * March 22-29 – Deborah Sampson Gannett spoke about her time in the Continental Army and exhibited the manual exercise with her rifle that she learned during her service. Each night, before her speech and exhibition, the theatre company performed a play. They were The Will, or a School for Daughters, King Henry the IVth with the Humors of Sir John Falstaff, The Way to Get Married, and The Grand Historical Drama of Columbus; or, American Discovered.
• 1832 – Shakespeare's Richard III, with Charles Kean.
• 1834 – Jonathan Harrington
• 1845 – Alonzo Potter gave his first series of twelve Lowell Lectures. The Theater was "filled to overflowing." His topic was on the "Psychological argument to illustrate the being and character of God."
• 1846 – James Sheridan Knowles' "Hunchback," with Charles Kean and Ellen Kean.
• 1847 – Alonzo Potter gave his second series of twelve "Lowell Lectures on the "philosophy of man," again to a full house.
• 1848 – Alonzo Potter gave his third series of twelve "Lowell Lectures to a packed auditorium.
• 1849 – Alonzo Potter gave his fourth series of twelve "Lowell Lectures to an "admiring throng."
• 1851
• * Macallister. "Soirees magiques.... Several new and attractive experiments including for the first time, the aerial handkerchiefs, and the flying watches"
• * Lucrezia Borgia
• 1853 – Alonzo Potter gave his fifth series of twelve "Lowell Lectures on "The Bible as the refining, elevating and improving instrument of humanity."

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