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== The Fire == |
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On the evening of December 26, 1811, about 600 patrons, including Virginia Governor George W. Smith and U.S. Senator Abraham B. Venable, gathered at the Richmond Theater for an eagerly anticipated holiday performance. <ref name="Dabney p90">{{Cite book |
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| title = Richmond: The Story of a City |
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The evening was a benefit for _________ Placide, the head of the company playing the house, and the program was a double billing: first, a play entitled ''The Father, or Family Feuds'', and after it, a pantomime entitled ''Raymond and Agness, or The Bleeding Nun''. The benefit had originally been scheduled for December 23, but was postponed due to the death of Mrs. Poe, Placide's own illness, and foul weather.<ref name="ThenAndNow">{{Cite web |
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== The Memorial == |
== The Memorial == |
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Revision as of 08:20, 12 January 2010
Brief summary of the facts of the fire and its historical significance.
Background
Very brief summary of the early theater in Richmond, and some facts about this particular theater. Mention the fact that Edgar Allen Poe's mother played here just weeks before the fire.
The Fire
On the evening of December 26, 1811, about 600 patrons, including Virginia Governor George W. Smith and U.S. Senator Abraham B. Venable, gathered at the Richmond Theater for an eagerly anticipated holiday performance. [1] The evening was a benefit for _________ Placide, the head of the company playing the house, and the program was a double billing: first, a play entitled The Father, or Family Feuds, and after it, a pantomime entitled Raymond and Agness, or The Bleeding Nun. The benefit had originally been scheduled for December 23, but was postponed due to the death of Mrs. Poe, Placide's own illness, and foul weather.[2]
The Memorial
This might be a subsection under "Aftermath". Brief information about the building of Memorial Church, linking to main Wikipedia article. Include information that church was desanctified in 1965 and now belongs to ___________?
Notes
References
- ^ Dabney, Virginius (1990). Richmond: The Story of a City. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. p. 90. ISBN 0813912741.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Richmond Then and Now. "Newspaper Article: Richmond Theater Fire, December 26, 1811". Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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External Links
Scratch
Wikipedia articles
George William Smith (politician)
List of accidents and disasters by death toll
- Not mentioned here; add link
- Did Edgar Allen Poe's mother play in this theater before her death?
External Web Pages
- Richmond Then and Now [1]
- Looks like this came from the T-D in 1937; need a more specific reference
- Where did the picture of the fire come from? Is the source in public domain?
- Gynger Cook, 2002 [2]
- Hard copy source citations (general)
- Richard Channing Moore bio (former rector of Monumental Church) [3]
- Contains first person accounts of fire
- Karen Resendes [4]
- Religious impact of the fire (backlash against theater, etc.)
- Virginia Memory (online classroom/LVa) - Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond Theater Fire [5]
- Lesson plans for lesson about Gilbert Hunt, hero of the fire. Only a bare outline, but can the picture of Hunt be used?
- The Edgar A. Poe Calendar [6]
- Play: Volume of Smoke [7]