William and Lewis Hallam

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William Hallam and Lewis Hallam, Jr. were brothers who took the first full-professional European theatre company to North America in 1752.

They are frequently credited with starting professional theatre in North America.

Lewis Hallam is also believed to be the first actor to perform in blackface in 1789.

Their theatre group consisted of 12 adults and 3 children, they first started performing in Williamsburg, PA. After Lewis died Hallam and Douglass started another theatre group and opened up a theatre in Jamaica.

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