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98 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
in which was from a shilling to eighteen pence a mile; but Brissot finds
still republicanism everywhere, and that is compensation even for jolting
over stony roads in springless Jersey wagons. The packet-boats which he
finds everywhere, receive his unqualified praise for cleanliness and dispatch.
The contents of the stores and shops of the day seem to justify what
Brissot says of luxury and costly dresses. A few advertisements in the
Maryland Gazette suffice to reveal these contents. Thus Rivington & Brown,
the Tory booksellers of Philadelphia, inform the readers of the Gazette that
they have, in addition to books, writing materials and mathematical instruments, a long line of the finest London-made clothes, swords, etc. India
muslins were imported by preference and they cost heavily. Fine ruffles and
laces, silks, satins and velvets, chintzes, nankeens, fine plate, costly foreign
spirits and wines, these were the sort of goods provided for domestic consumption. People had not so many clothes nor changed them so frequently,
but they cost much more than now a-days, and were far more elaborate.
The accessories to dress, the swords, wigs,. ruffles, cocked hats, snuff-boxes,
hat and shoe-buckles, all which this practical age has quite discarded, must
all have been expensive. Formal and frequent social intercourse, balls,
assemblies and theatres, and the essentially court manners of our ancestors,
all tended to add to the cost of dress and its surroundings. Besides, dress
was then the badge of rank.and the evidence of social position, and each man
had to dress according to his position.
So likewise he sat in the theatre according to rank. The theatre was
naturalized at Annapolis, earliest of any place in this country. The first
professional dramatic performance was had there, and there also the first
theatre was built. The troop of Hallam, which came over in 1752, to play
at Williamsburg, gave their first performance at Annapolis. The first playbill ever printed in Ameiica is to be found in the Maryland Gazette, July 2d,
1752. It announces that "by permission of his honor the president, at the
new theatre in Annapolis, by the company of comedians on Monday next,
being the 6th of this instant July, will be performed The Busy Body, likewise a farce called The Lying Valet. To begin precisely at 7 o'clock.
Tickets to be had at the printing office. No persons to be admitted behind
the scenes." Box seats to this performance were sold at 10s.; pit, 7s. Gd.j
gallery 5s. Hallam's troupe played many fine comedies and tragedies during
this engagement and then went to Upper Marlborough, to perform in the
club-house there, still performing in Chestertown. The repertoire of Hallam
and his associate Henry, was a sterling one, and the troop contained some
really good actors, many of whom played at Annapolis and Marlborough
every season for more than twenty years.1 They played Richard III. and
1 In 1760, for instance, the company played March 15.. Fair Penitent— Anatomist
the following: " 20. .Stratagem Lethe
March 10.. Richard III King and the Miller " 22.. George Barnwell Lying Valet
13.. Provoked Husband Stage Coach " 24..Busy Body Mock Doctor
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000125 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 98 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. in which was from a shilling to eighteen pence a mile; but Brissot finds still republicanism everywhere, and that is compensation even for jolting over stony roads in springless Jersey wagons. The packet-boats which he finds everywhere, receive his unqualified praise for cleanliness and dispatch. The contents of the stores and shops of the day seem to justify what Brissot says of luxury and costly dresses. A few advertisements in the Maryland Gazette suffice to reveal these contents. Thus Rivington & Brown, the Tory booksellers of Philadelphia, inform the readers of the Gazette that they have, in addition to books, writing materials and mathematical instruments, a long line of the finest London-made clothes, swords, etc. India muslins were imported by preference and they cost heavily. Fine ruffles and laces, silks, satins and velvets, chintzes, nankeens, fine plate, costly foreign spirits and wines, these were the sort of goods provided for domestic consumption. People had not so many clothes nor changed them so frequently, but they cost much more than now a-days, and were far more elaborate. The accessories to dress, the swords, wigs,. ruffles, cocked hats, snuff-boxes, hat and shoe-buckles, all which this practical age has quite discarded, must all have been expensive. Formal and frequent social intercourse, balls, assemblies and theatres, and the essentially court manners of our ancestors, all tended to add to the cost of dress and its surroundings. Besides, dress was then the badge of rank.and the evidence of social position, and each man had to dress according to his position. So likewise he sat in the theatre according to rank. The theatre was naturalized at Annapolis, earliest of any place in this country. The first professional dramatic performance was had there, and there also the first theatre was built. The troop of Hallam, which came over in 1752, to play at Williamsburg, gave their first performance at Annapolis. The first playbill ever printed in Ameiica is to be found in the Maryland Gazette, July 2d, 1752. It announces that "by permission of his honor the president, at the new theatre in Annapolis, by the company of comedians on Monday next, being the 6th of this instant July, will be performed The Busy Body, likewise a farce called The Lying Valet. To begin precisely at 7 o'clock. Tickets to be had at the printing office. No persons to be admitted behind the scenes." Box seats to this performance were sold at 10s.; pit, 7s. Gd.j gallery 5s. Hallam's troupe played many fine comedies and tragedies during this engagement and then went to Upper Marlborough, to perform in the club-house there, still performing in Chestertown. The repertoire of Hallam and his associate Henry, was a sterling one, and the troop contained some really good actors, many of whom played at Annapolis and Marlborough every season for more than twenty years.1 They played Richard III. and 1 In 1760, for instance, the company played March 15.. Fair Penitent— Anatomist the following: " 20. .Stratagem Lethe March 10.. Richard III King and the Miller " 22.. George Barnwell Lying Valet 13.. Provoked Husband Stage Coach " 24..Busy Body Mock Doctor |
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