The Palace Theatre (ca.1891-1931) of
Boston,
Massachusetts was a variety theatre on
Court Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] Acts which performed there included Rose Hill Folly Co.,[2] Clifford & Dixon, Murry & Murry, Behler & Stone,[3] and the Adamless Eden Burlesquers.[4] It also showed photo-plays such as
The Exploits of Elaine,
The Master Key, and "
Charles Chaplin comedies."[5] Among its managers and proprietors were William Austin,[6] F. J. Pilling,[7] George Milbank,[8] and Dunn & Waldron.[9][10] The Palace occupied the building of the former
Nickelodeon.[11][12] It existed until 1931, when it was demolished.[13]
Images
Austin's Palace Theatre, 1890s
Advertisement, 1893
Advertisement, 1903
Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing the Palace at Court and Sudbury Streets
Palace Theatre, ca.1916
References
^Palace Theatre, no.109 Court St. Handy guide to Boston and environs. NY: Rand McNally and Company, 1904
^Around 1896 the Palace was re-named the "Trocadero" by proprietor Frank V. Dunn (1864-1910). Obituary, New York Times, February 18, 1910; Boston Globe, Oct.4, 1896
^Andrew Craig Morrison. Theaters. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
^The building occupied by the Palace was notable in the history of technology. In 1875 at the shop of Charles Williams, 109 Court St.,
Alexander Graham Bell and
Thomas A. Watson made the first telephone call. ("Invention of the Telephone." Telegraph Age
v.24, no.7, April 1, 1906)
^Donald C. King. The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.