Title: The theatre on the frontier
Description: While this book covers St. Louis rather than Illinois, it describes cultural life and theater in the west from about 1815 to 1839, names and describes many of the popular plays at the time, and discusses the traveling companies of actors. The appendix lists the many plays performed in St. Louis during these years.
Subjects: St. Louis, Theater, History
Places: Saint Louis, Missouri
Time periods: 1815-1840