[PAR] [TLE] Holliday Street Theater [SEP] The Holliday Street Theater also known as the New Theatre, New Holliday, Old Holliday, The Baltimore Theatre, and Old Drury, was a historical theatrical venue in colonial Baltimore, Maryland.  It is known for showing the first performance of Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner. [PAR] [TLE] Francis Scott Key [SEP] Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland and later Georgetown, D.C., near Washington, D.C. who wrote the lyrics for a poem entitled at first "The Defence of Fort McHenry", which when set to an old English gentlemens' society tune, eventually became the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
[PAR] [TLE] Holliday Street Theater [ SEP ] The Holliday Street Theater also known as the New Theatre , New Holliday , Old Holliday , The Baltimore Theatre , and Old Drury , was a historical theatrical venue in colonial Baltimore , Maryland . It is known for showing the first performance of Francis Scott Key 's Star - Spangled Banner . [PAR] [TLE] Francis Scott Key [ SEP ] Francis Scott Key ( August 1 , 1779January 11 , 1843 ) was an American lawyer , author , and amateur poet from Frederick , Maryland and later Georgetown , D.C. , near Washington , D.C. who wrote the lyrics for a poem entitled at first " The Defence of Fort McHenry " , which when set to an old English gentlemens ' society tune , eventually became the United States ' national anthem , " The Star - Spangled Banner " .
This historical theatrical venue showed the first performance of what would eventually be the US national anthem
This historical theatrical venue showed the first performance of what would eventually be the US national anthem
Holliday Street Theater
Holliday Street Theater