In Popular Culture
- The riot is a key turning point in the plot of Anya Seton's novel Dragonwyck (1944).
- The Interpretation of Murder (2006) by Jed Rubenfield contains a discussion with Sigmund Freud about the Astor Place Riot in which he suggests that theater goers rioted over whether Hamlet should be a feminine or masculine character.
- Richard Nelson's play Two Shakespearian Actors deals mainly with the event surrounding and leading up to the riot.
- The riot is also mentioned in Drood (2009) by Dan Simmons
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