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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