The Upper Ten Thousand

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Lagrange Terrace

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Frank S. Chanfrau

Watching the great Edwin Forrest on stage inspired Frank Chanfrau to become an actor. Early in his career he was known for being an excellent mimic, imitating Junius Brutus Booth (father of John Wilkes Booth), Thomas Hamblin, manager of the Bowery Theatre, and Edwin Forrest himself.

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Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest began his acting career at the age of 14 in Philadelphia. Much to his mother’s disappointment, the acting bug bit the young man and there was no turning back.

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The Bowery Theatre

The Bowery Theatre has a long and colorful history as one of the most prolific theatrical venues in New York City during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. When it first opened, comedy, minstrel shows and musical performances catered primarily to the Uppers – or gentry crowd, although it attracted Lowers from the working neighborhoods as well.

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The Ghost Light and Theatre Ghosts

Across the world most theatre’s have a ghost light - a single bulb mounted on a pole incased in a wire cage that burns when a theatre is empty.

When Shall We Three Meet: A Ghost Light’s Tale will be published on November 10, 2026! YA Historical Fiction, set in the haunted Bowery Theatre in New York City during the tumultuous year of 1849.