JANE KATHLEEN CURRY is Assistant Professor of Theater at Wake Forest University. Her books include Nineteenth-Century American Women Theater Managers (Greenwood, 1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Pioneers: Early Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers in the United States Women Theatre Managers of the California Gold Rush Laura Keene: First-Class Theatre Manager in New York City Mrs. John Drew and Other Women Theatre Managers in Philadelphia After Keene: More Women Theatre Managers in New York City and Brooklyn Beyond the Theatrical Centers: Later Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers throughout the United States Conclusion Bibliography Index

JANE KATHLEEN CURRY is Assistant Professor of Theater at Wake Forest University. Her books include Nineteenth-Century American Women Theater Managers (Greenwood, 1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Pioneers: Early Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers in the United States Women Theatre Managers of the California Gold Rush Laura Keene: First-Class Theatre Manager in New York City Mrs. John Drew and Other Women Theatre Managers in Philadelphia After Keene: More Women Theatre Managers in New York City and Brooklyn Beyond the Theatrical Centers: Later Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers throughout the United States Conclusion Bibliography Index

JANE KATHLEEN CURRY is Assistant Professor of Theater at Wake Forest University. Her books include Nineteenth-Century American Women Theater Managers (Greenwood, 1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Pioneers: Early Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers in the United States Women Theatre Managers of the California Gold Rush Laura Keene: First-Class Theatre Manager in New York City Mrs. John Drew and Other Women Theatre Managers in Philadelphia After Keene: More Women Theatre Managers in New York City and Brooklyn Beyond the Theatrical Centers: Later Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers throughout the United States Conclusion Bibliography Index