The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… and tolerance—tolerance for religious diversity, but not for frivolity or amusements. Stringent Quaker morality shunned theatre, dancing, and other convivial entertainments. Yet the colony’s religious diversity meant that those with … in 1758 and John Baptiste Tioli in 1763—advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette their connections to professional theatres , particularly those in London. Such claims might appeal to some clients, but would surely deeply offend those suspicious of the vices they saw inherent in the theatre. 8 . Pennsylvania Gazette (January 1753). The Quaker fathers were not silent as dancing masters, the Dancing …
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