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Name
  
Charles Durang

Role
  
Theater Actor

Died
  
1870


Books
  
The Fashionable Dancer's Casket Or the Ball-Room Instructor - A New and Splendid Work on Dancing, Etiquette, Deportment and the Toilet

Charles Durang (1794–1870) was an American dancer.

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 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 was the author of a "History of the Philadelphia Stage from 1752 to 1854," which appeared serially in the Philadelphia Journal.

Durang died in Philadelphia, February 15, 1870.

Books

  • Durang's Terpsichore or Ball Room Guide. Turner & Fisher: New York, 1848.
  • The Fashionable Dancer's Casket: or, The Ball-Room Instructor, 1856. (HTML and page images at the Library of Congress)
  • References

    Charles Durang Wikipedia