5-518: Durang is a surname. People with that name include: Charles Durang (1796–1870), American dancer and actor Christopher Durang (b. 1949), American playwright Edwin Forrest Durang (1829–1911), American architect Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785–1831), American actor, first to publicly perform the " Star-Spangled Banner " John Durang (1768–1822), early American dancer "Durang's Hornpipe",
10-511: A dance and tune named for John Durang [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Durang . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durang&oldid=893469713 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
15-537: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Durang Charles Durang (December 4, 1794 – 1870) was an American actor, dancer, writer, and theater historian. Charles Durang was born in Philadelphia on December 4, 1794, the son of John Durang , the first native-born American professional dancer. Charles made his first appearance in the Chestnut Street Theater at
20-641: The actor. Edwin Forrest Durang eventually became a prominent Philadelphia architect. Charles Durang was the author of a "History of the Philadelphia Stage from 1752 to 1854," which appeared serially in the Philadelphia Journal . The totality of these newspapers columns, which are an invaluable reference to historians of early American theater, were carefully collected and annotated by Thompson Westcott in 1868, with Durang's assistance. They were bound into six large scrapbooks, along with
25-601: The age of 7 in 1803, and subsequently performed in almost every theater in the United States. He was actor, author, stage manager, prompter, ballet master, and finally opened a dancing academy. He worked for many years as a dancing master and rehearsal repetiteur at the Chestnut Street Theatre, in the 1840s and 50s. A friend and admirer of his fellow Philadelphian Edwin Forrest , he named his son after
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