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, Charles A. Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Anna Held, James O'Neill Jennie Kimball, Christine Nilsson and others.

Images

  • 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/ 42.3543861; -71.0625972

Further reading

External links

  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.): ; and .