The Boston Theatre
- 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 Jean de Reszke, Italo Campanini, Thurlow Bergen,[1] Charles A. Bigelow,[2] Edwin Booth,[3] Anna Held,[2] James O'Neill[1] Jennie Kimball, Christine Nilsson and others.
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Boston Theatre street view, ca.1854 -
Interior, ca.1850s -
Macbeth at the Boston Theatre, 1850s -
Detail of 1869 map of Boston, showing Boston Theatre on Washington Street -
Advertisement, 1899
42°21′15.79″N 71°3′45.35″W / 42.3543861°N 71.0625972°W
References
Further reading
- "Boston Theatre". Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. 9. Boston, Mass. 1855.
External links
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- Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.): Box office receipts: Guide; and Orchestra music: Guide.
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