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

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  • 1854 BostonTheatre Bostonian1894 v1 no1

    Boston Theatre street view, ca.1854

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    Interior, ca.1850s

  • BostonTheatre BalPict

    Macbeth at the Boston Theatre, 1850s

  • 1869 WestSt Nanitz map Boston detail BPL10490

    Detail of 1869 map of Boston, showing Boston Theatre on Washington Street

  • 1899 BostonTheatre BostonGlobe May8

    Advertisement, 1899

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