Bowdoin Square Theatre
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Advertisement, 1917
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Portrait of manager Charles F. Atkinson
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Bowdoin Sq. Theatre, ca.1896
The Bowdoin Square Theatre (est.1892) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema. It was located on Bowdoin Square in the West End,[1] in a building designed by architect C.H. Blackall.[2] Personnel included Charles F. Atkinson[3] and William Harris.[4] Audience members included future magician Julius Linsky[5] and future actor Joseph Sicari[6]
Contents
Performances/Screenings
1890s
- The Dazzler[7]
- A Parlor Match (Evans and Hoey)[8]
- The Idea, with Hallen and Hart[9]
- Sutton Vane's The Span of Life[10]
- Hands Across the Sea[11]
- The Cotton King[12]
- John P. Smith's Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Jenny Kay[13]
- Daniel A. Kelly's Outcasts of a Great City[14]
1900s
- The Victorian Cross[15]
- In Sight of St. Pauls, with Zeffie Tilbury[16]
- Utah, with Zeffie Tilbury[17]
- A Break for Liberty[18]
- Two Orphans[19]
- The Cattle King[20]
- Wicked London[21]
- Escaped from Sing Sing[22]
1910s
- War's Women ("moving picture"), with Frank Keenan[23]
- Ting Shan Wang Troupe[24]
- Patria (film), with Mrs. Vernon Castle[25]
1920s
- Camille (film), with Nazimova[26]
- From the Ground Up (film), with Tom Moore[27]
- Burn 'em up Barnes, with Johnny Hines[28]
- Gleam o' Dawn (film), with John Gilbert[29]
- "Drake and Walker's Big Colored Musical Revue"[30]
1930s-1950s
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References
- ↑ Boston Almanac, 1893-1894. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
- ↑ "Shaping the Temple: progress and particulars of the work being done at the new Bowdoin Square house of amusement." Boston Daily Globe, November 12, 1891
- ↑ Atherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892
- ↑ Boston Globe, 07 Oct 1982
- ↑ Blowen, Michael. West End taught him `You Gotta Have Heart.' Boston Globe, 05 Feb 1996
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892
- ↑ Boston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892.
- ↑ Boston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892.
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 22, 1894
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 5, 1895
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 08, 1899
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 5, 1902
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, September 19, 1902
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, October 28, 1902
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, January 09, 1903
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, January 17, 1903
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, Nov.23, 1903
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, April 12, 1904
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, November 19, 1904
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
Further reading
- "Olga Nethersole Brings Suit; Seeks to Enjoin a Boston Theatre from Presenting "Sapho." New York Times, May 17, 1900,
- "Boston Actress Shot; Unknown Person Wounds Miss Edith Talbot -- Her Engagement Was Announced Last Monday." New York Times, February 16, 1901.
External links
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- Boston Public Library. Photo of Bowdoin Sq., ca.1900s? Shows Bowdoin Sq. Theatre and vicinity
- CinemaTreasures.org. Bowdoin Square Theatre, Bowdoin Square, Boston, MA
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- West End, Boston
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- 20th century in Boston, Massachusetts
- Cultural history of Boston, Massachusetts
- 1892 establishments in Massachusetts
- Former theatres in Boston, Massachusetts
- Event venues established in 1892
- Former cinemas in the United States
