Beethoven Hall (1874-1878) was an auditorium in

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, that hosted musical performances and other entertainments in the 1870s. It sat on Washington Street, near Boylston Street, in today's

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/Chinatown neighborhood. The architect was William Washburn, who had also designed the first National Theatre and the second

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. In 1879 the renovated hall re-opened as the Park Theatre. The building survived until 1990, when it was razed.

Performances

* Annie de Montford, mesmerist *

Charlotte Cushman Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expa ...

* Mrs. Adelia Dauncey Maskell ("celebrated English Star Reader") * Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell *

Buckley's Serenaders Buckley's Serenaders was a family troupe of English-born American blackface minstrels, established under that name in 1853 by James Buckley. They became one of the two most popular companies in the U.S. from the mid-1850s to the 1860s, the ot ...

* Callender's Georgia Minstrels * Marius Cazeneuve's "grand soirees of prestidigitation and anti-spiritualistic seances" * Buffalo Bill combination * Tomasi's Grand Juvenile English Opera * Brown's Brigade Band * Lingards and Company * G.B. Bunnell's "living human wonders from the New American Museum, New York City"Boston Daily Globe, March 9, 1878

References

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