The Colonial Theatre of Lancaster: 1912-1965 By James Henke, Ph.D. Howard E. Doan had come to Lancaster in 1906, to manage the Electric Theatre, an early motion picture house on West King Street. After establishing a strong following of audience members, H.E. Doan built another motion picture house

Three Nineteenth-Century Lancaster Theatres By James Henke, Ph.D. Landis Beitler's "Circus" Sometime prior to 1818, Landis Beitler converted a building that stood on the southeast corner of Prince and Orange Streets into a theatre. As the building was sometimes referred to as the "Circus," it is

The Jefferson Theatrical Family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania By James Henke, Ph.D. In the summer of 1831, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journalthat Joseph Jefferson II (the son of the famous actor Joseph Jefferson I, and father of Joseph Jefferson III who became famous for his portrayal of Rip