Thomas Wall was the founder of the first permanent
theatrical company
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in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, the
Maryland Company of Comedians, active from 1781 to 1785. It was founded, with
Adam Lindsay, in spite of a 1774 ban by the
Continental Congress
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on theatrical entertainment. Wall also built the
New Theatre, the first theatre in Baltimore.
References
American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887, by Weldon B. Durham; Greenwood Press, 1986. *
Businesspeople from Baltimore
American theatre managers and producers
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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