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Federal Street Theatre
The Federal Street Theatre (1793–1852), also known as the Boston Theatre, was located at the corner of Federal and Franklin streets in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was "the first building erected purposely for theatrical entertainm ...
for an earlier theatre known also as the Boston Theatre''
The Boston Theatre was a theatre in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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. It was first built in 1854 and operated as a
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
until 1925. Productions included performances by
Thurlow Bergen,
,
,
Anna Held
Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-French stage performer on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From 1896 through ...
,
, and others.
Images
Image:1854 BostonTheatre Bostonian1894 v1 no1.png, Boston Theatre street view, ca.1854
Image:BostonTheatre3 Midgley SightsInBoston.png, Interior, ca.1850s
Image:BostonTheatre BalPict.JPG, '' Macbeth'' at the Boston Theatre, 1850s
Image:1869 WestSt Nanitz map Boston detail BPL10490.png, Detail of 1869 map of Boston, showing Boston Theatre on Washington Street
Image:1899 BostonTheatre BostonGlobe May8.png, Advertisement, 1899
References
Further reading
*
External links
* Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.)
Box office receipts: Guide and
Orchestra music: Guide
Former theatres in Boston
19th century in Boston
1854 establishments in Massachusetts
1925 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Cultural history of Boston
Boston Theater District
Theatres completed in 1854
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