Grand Opera House (Boston)

The Grand Opera House (est.1888) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a theatre in the South End.^[1]^[2] Architect George Snell designed the 2,600-seat building on Washington Street.^[3]^[4] Managers and proprietors included Proctor & Mansfield,^[5] A.H. Dexter,^[6] George W. Magee,^[7] and Stair & Wilbur.^[8] Performances included Glyn's Three Weeks.^[9]

References

^ Grand Opera House, no.1176 Washington St. Boston Almanac, 1889, 1891, 1893-1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921
^ Desirée J. Garcia (2007). "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914". Film History. 19.
^ The dramatic year, 1887-88, Boston: Ticknor, 1889, OL 7204331M
^ Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906
^ King's Handbook of Boston, 9th ed. Boston: Moses King, 1889
^ Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 29, 1893
^ Boston Daily Globe, May 8, 1899; Feb. 5, 1902
^ Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906, 1910
^ Neil Miller (2010), Banned in Boston: the Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil, Boston: Beacon Press, ISBN 9780807051122 – via Overdrive (subscription required)

External links

Bostonian Society. Photo of Grand Opera House at 1176 Washington Street, ca. 1890

Images

Advertisement for "The Fugitive," 1888
Advertisement for "Zitka" with May Wheeler, 1889
Interior, ca.1890s
Advertisement for A.Y. Pearson's "Police Patrol," 1893
Detail of 1898 map of Boston, showing Grand Opera House

42°20′34.81″N 71°4′0.49″W / 42.3430028°N 71.0668028°W / 42.3430028; -71.0668028

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[1] Grand Opera House, no.1176 Washington St. Boston Almanac, 1889, 1891, 1893-1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921

[2] Desirée J. Garcia (2007). "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914". Film History. 19.

[3] The dramatic year, 1887-88, Boston: Ticknor, 1889, OL 7204331M

[4] Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906

[5] King's Handbook of Boston, 9th ed. Boston: Moses King, 1889

[6] Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 29, 1893

[7] Boston Daily Globe, May 8, 1899; Feb. 5, 1902

[8] Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906, 1910

[miller2010-9] Neil Miller (2010), Banned in Boston: the Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil, Boston: Beacon Press, ISBN 9780807051122 – via Overdrive (subscription required)

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