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This Day In Theatre Lighting History

“1816: Gaslight illuminates Philadelphia’s Chestnut Street Theatre. Theater patrons are living in an age of wonders: lights that burn ‘without wick or oil.'”

Author Laura Collins HughesPosted on November 25, 2008March 30, 2021Categories theatreTags 11.25.08

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