Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Pauline Donalda (1882-1970)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Anthony Hedges (1931)
Barry Tuckwell (1931)
Sheila Nelson (1936)
Richard Hickox (1948)
and
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Frank Norris (1870-1902)
Leslie Marmon Silko (1948)
From The Writer's Almanac:
It was on this day in 1750 that the first Shakespearean play was presented in America. Richard III
was performed by the actors of Walter Murray and William Kean’s troupe
from Philadelphia. Theater was still new in the colonies. And though it
was popular in Philadelphia, that city still preferred to pride itself
on its scientific and literary achievements, so Murray and Kean set out
for New York City.
Through the 1700s, New York’s primary form of entertainment was
drinking. By the time Murray and Kean arrived in February of 1750, there
were 10,000 city residents and over 150 taverns. Murray and Kean set up
shop in a two-story wooden structure on Nassau Street, slightly east of
Broadway.
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