Grovers Theater

[Anita]

Tom, thanks for recommending "Lee's Stage for a Nation: the National Theatre" by Donn Murphy, Roger Meersman, and Douglas. So much attention is paid to Ford's Theater because of the assassination that I haven't read much on the National Theater.

There's a free download copy of "The New National Theater, a history of Fifty Years" by Alexander Hunter written in 1885
https://archive.org/details/newnationaltheat00hunt I found this account very detailed and it has some illustrations of architectural features over those years.

Also there's a free download of "Lincoln's Interest in the Theater" by Leonard Grover https://archive.org/details/lincolnsinterest00grov

I didn't realize that on March 15, 1865 the Lincolns were accompanied to a performance of the Magic Flute at Grover's Theater by General James Grant Wilson and Clara Harris.

So much to learn and loving it.