1854–1925 theatre in Massachusetts, United States
- See
Federal Street Theatre for an earlier theatre known also as the Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre was a theatre in
Boston,
Massachusetts. It was first built in 1854 and operated as a
theatre until 1925. Productions included performances by
Thurlow Bergen,
[1]
Charles A. Bigelow,
[2]
Edwin Booth,
[3]
Anna Held,
[2]
James O'Neill
[1]
Jennie Kimball, and others.
Images
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Boston Theatre street view, ca.1854
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Interior, ca.1850s
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Macbeth at the Boston Theatre, 1850s
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Detail of 1869 map of Boston, showing Boston Theatre on Washington Street
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Advertisement, 1899
42°21′15.79″N 71°3′45.35″W / 42.3543861°N 71.0625972°W / 42.3543861; -71.0625972
References
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a
b John Bouvé Clapp; Edwin Francis Edgett (1899),
Players of the Present, vol. 1, New York: Dunlap Society,
OCLC
2623904
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a
b Eugene Tompkins (1908), History of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901, Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
OL
7237383M
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^ Charles E. L. Wingate (1888), Playgoers' Year-Book, Boston: Stage Pub. Co.,
OL
17937497M
Further reading
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