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Selwyn's Theatre (1867–1870) of
Boston
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, was established by British-born actor John H. Selwyn. Architect
Benjamin F. Dwight designed the building. Personnel included Dexter H. Follet, Arthur Cheney,
H.A. M'Glenen, Charles R. Thorne Jr., and Charles Koppitz.
In 1871 Selwyn's was renamed the "
Globe Theatre
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Performances
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J. Palgrave Simpson
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's "Dreams of Delusion"
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William Brough's "The Field of the Cloth of Gold"
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T.W. Robertson's "School"
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Watts Phillips
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In a memoir, his sister E ...
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Maud's Peril
''Maud's Peril'' in an 1867 play by Watts Phillips. It debuted in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 23 October 1867, and at Wallack's Theatre in New York City on 25 November 1867.(25 November 1867)Advertisement ''New York Tribune'' (advertisement f ...
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* F.C. Burnand and Montagu Williams' "Easy Shaving"
* Pelham Hardwicke's "Bachelor of Arts"
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Falconer's "A Wife Well Won"
* Birch, Wambold, Bernard & Backus San Francisco Minstrels
* "Midsummer Night's Dream," with
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Ballet Troupe
References
Further reading
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External links
* Boston Public Library
Selwyn Theatre: The cast of "Black Eyed Susan" ca.1868
* Bostonian Society
Photo of Essex Street, ca. 1870-90 showing an entrance to Selwyn's Theater on ground floor of Chauncy Hall School
* Boston Athenaeum
Theater History Selwyn's Theatre (1867-1870), 364 Washington Street.
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