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Adam Lindsay

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Adam Lindsay was, with Thomas Wall, a cofounder of the Maryland Company of Comedians, the first resident theatrical company in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1781. He owned a coffee house prior to working with Wall, and returned to that profession after 1785.

References

  • American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887, by Weldon B. Durham; Greenwood Press, 1986.
  • Londré, Felicia Hardison; Daniel J. Watermeier (1998). The History of North American Theater. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1233-5.
  • Brown, Jared; Don B. Wilmeth (1995). The Theatre in America During the Revolution. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-49537-7.