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The Ghosts That Haunt “America’s First Theatre” in Charleston

This working performance art theatre in Charleston has had a notable history, including fires and even an earthquake in 1886, since it opened on February 12, 1736. The original Dock Street Theatre was probably destroyed by the Great Fire of 1740, which destroyed many of the buildings in Charleston’s French Quarter. Many consider the Dock…