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Aiken Anecdotes on a Century of Local Theatre
The piece traces a hundred year pattern of Aiken theatre and entertainment from Captain Osea Coles and 1876 productions at Highland Park Hotel to 1911 opera house plans and the later community playhouse. It notes key figures Parker Deans and Will Cole guiding Drums Along the Savannah and Lion in the Winter with local support and venues.
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Aiken
Savannah
Cole
Charleston
Philadelphia
Lhlode
New York
N.Y
Osea Coles
Aiken Journal & Review
Highland Park Hotel
Capt. Coles
M. C
R. C
Mr. Sin
Old Horse and Garrick
Aiken Stage
Old Somers
Capt
Miss C
Rome
Old Dorreson
Josh Billings
Lycuma Hall
Cotton States
Augusta
Lyons
Bulwer-Lytton
London
Pauline
Juliet
Shakespear
Croft
S.C
Florence Nightingale
T. G. Croft
Messers
W. W. Woolsey
H. M. Dibble
T. C. Stone
Italy
James Brynes
H. R. Ram
Patricia
Park Avenue
Laurens
Rosemary
Aiken Junior High
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken County
Will Cole
Coles
Parker
P.O