Mr. and Mrs. Williams

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Event Type

Dramatic

Details

Location: Kingston
County: Frontenac
Type: Dramatic
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Date: 01 Oct 1818
Date notes: Two plays a week between October 1818 and May 1819.

Programme Notes

The performances mostly consisted of the same farces and dramas the people of Kingston had seen, but the Williams were the first to introduce selections from William Shakespeare (Beaulieu, 205). 

Beaulieu, Michel S. "'Not That I Lov'd Fleas Less, but That I Lov'd England More, Entertainment in Kingston,' 1816-1837.” Ontario History , vol. 102, no. 2, 2010, p. 205. Canada in Context doi:http://go.galegroup.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/ps/i.do?p=CIC&u=uto...