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Academy of Music into a vaudeville house. After a spectacular opening the theatre struggled, in part from its location, but also from a general economic malaise at the time. By January, 1878 Ellsler had sold his interest in the venue and returned his theatrical operation back to the Academy of Music where he remained until the mid-1880s.
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and began drilling for oil. Soon the operation proved more costly than they had anticipated and after an ill-advised attempt to increase production the well was destroyed when they employed an excessive amount of explosives (shot). The
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In 1873 Ellsler began construction in
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In late 1863 Ellsler joined in a partnership with John Wilkes Booth, whom he’d known since his early days in
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Academy of Music into one of the more prestigious theatres and acting schools in
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