absolute historical proof has been found so far that theatre has been played in Lancaster before the War of the Revolution. But we know facts which allow us conclusions. About 1750 our city had already developed some society life. In the first courthouse rooms had been rented to a dancing school and after

Counties, 1845, pp. 339 to 344. 3 Mombert's Authentic History of Lancaster County, 1869, p. 171. 4 Proceedings Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 38, opp. p. 8; History of St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa., p. 29. We question whether the local Springs were known as Rocky Springs in colonial times