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Theater and Charleston history a video diskette with about 50Ĭolor images promotional literature and festival and play The theater's cultural history, with a combined chronology of the Project documentation includes a detailed report on Performed at the Dock Street Theatre for about 100,000 theater The annual Spoleto Festival USA also holds concerts and Piccolo and Moja festivals, which have some performances at the It houses arts organizations on its third floor and theĬity's office of cultural affairs, which produces both the annual The theater is owned and now managed by the City ofĬharleston. Performances at the Dock Street Theatre each season. Robinson, founded the Charleston Stage Company, which is now one of In 1978, Julian Wiles, who had worked closely with The 1970s, Emmett Edward Robinson was the theater's managingĭirector who handled programming, and also the Footlight Players The theater's programming includedĪrtists, such as dancers Ruth St. The play "Porgy and Bess," which George and Ira Gershwin used as theīasis of their American opera. Heyward his wife Dorothy were famous for writing Theater's orchestra, wore 18th century costumes.Ī Rockefeller grant installed Dubose Heyward as Members of the Charleston Symphony, who performed as the Performed by the theater's new resident company, the Footlight Theatre opened with a reprise of the original Farqhuar play, On November 26, 1937, the restored Dock Street Re-created the theater with beautiful woodwork carved from nativeĬypress trees, or salvaged architectural items from Charleston's

Modeled after a composite of London's 18th century theaters,ĭesigned with a "pit" for the common people, a "gallery" for women,Īnd "boxes" at the balcony level for the city's elite, but fitted It became an enterprise of the FederalĮmergency Relief Administration in 1935, and was completed withįunds from the Works Progress Administration. Hotel, and identified the former theater building as a project Local historians, the City of Charleston purchased the old Planters Interested in preserving the city's heritage. The Civil War, the Planters Hotel, as it was called, fell intoĭuring the1920s and 1930s, Charleston citizens became The hotel's more famous guests was Junius Brutus Booth, a travelingĪctor and the father of the notorious John Wilkes Booth. Plantation owners, seafaring merchants and other travelers. Reigned as the principal hotel in Charleston, frequented by In 1835, the hotel was remodeled and a wrought iron balcony Soon after 1800, on this same site, a hotel wasīuilt. Presumed lost in the great fire of 1740 which destroyed the city's After that the theater's fate is uncertain, but The theater, located at the corner of Church and Dock streetsįacing Dock Street (now Queen street), showed plays and operas for

Theater on Dock Street, according to the local newspaper of thatĭay. "The Recruiting Officer," by George Farhquar, opened at the new On February 12, 1736, a bawdy Restoration farce, Street in downtown Charleston, is built on the site of the original The present Dock Street Theatre, now at 135 Church Its rich history reflects the theatrical tradition andĬultural history of Charleston and America from the 1700s through

Theater building designed solely for theatrical performances inĪmerica. South Carolina: Dock Street Theatre (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress) The Library of Congressįacade of Dock Street at 135 Church Street Photo: William StruhsĬharleston's Dock Street Theatre was the first