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What is the oldest playhouse in the English-speaking world that is still in active use?

April 26, 2017active English-speaking oldest playhouse world

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What is the oldest playhouse in the English-speaking world that is still in active use?

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It is the Walnut Steet Theater at 9th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, which began life in 1809 as the New Circus. Louisa and John Drew, grandparents to the Barrymore clan, performed there, as did Edmund Kean, Fanny Kemble, and Edwin Forrest. Source: Philadelphia Bulletin Almanac, 1976, p.336.