Programme for performance of H.A. Rendle's "Chesney Wold," 1873
Detail of 1886 map of Boston, showing Globe Theatre
Seating chart, 1883

The Globe Theatre (est.1871) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. It was located at 598 Washington Street,[1] near the corner of Essex Street.[2] Arthur Cheney oversaw the Globe until 1876.[3][4] From 1871-1873 it occupied the former theatre of John H. Selwyn.[4] After a fire in May 1873, the Globe re-opened on the same site in December 1874.[5] Architect Benjamin F. Dwight designed the new building.[6] From 1877-1893 John Stetson served as proprietor;[7][8] some regarded him as "a theatrical producer with a reputation for illiteracy in his day such as Samuel Goldwyn has achieved" in the 1960s.[9] The theatre burned down in January 1894.[10]

Horatio J. Homer, Boston's first African-American police officer, worked as a janitor at the Globe Theatre before being hired by the Boston Police Department.[1]

Performances

1870s

1880s

1890s

References

  1. 1 2 Neal, Anthony W. (February 4, 2016). "Sergeant Horatio J. Homer: Boston's first black police officer". The Bay State Banner. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ The Globe occupied the site on Washington Street opposite the Park Theatre, on the block between Essex Street and Hayward Place: no.364 Washington Street, 1871-ca.1876 (Boston Almanac. 1871, 1875) later re-numbered as no.598 Washington Street, ca.1877-ca.1894 (Boston Almanac. 1877, 1881, 1887, 1891, 1894)
  3. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1872; Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876
  4. 1 2 Richard Herndon and Edwin Bacon, ed. (1892), Boston of to-day: a glance at its history and characteristics. With biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men, Boston: Post Pub. Co., OCLC 4430662, OL 7162628M
  5. ↑ "Chronicle of events." Boston Almanac. 1875
  6. ↑ Benjamin Franklin Dwight (d.1893). American Architect and Building News, Oct. 14, 1893
  7. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878; 22 Sept., 1880; Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883; Dec. 3, 1887. Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
  8. ↑ John Stetson (d.1896). New York Times, April 19, 1896
  9. 1 2 Doris M. Alexander. "Oedipus in Victorian New York." American Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 1960)
  10. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894
  11. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, March 7, 1873
  12. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1873
  13. 1 2 Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876
  14. ↑ Globe Theatre Programme
  15. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878
  16. ↑ Boston Globe, May 5, 1873
  17. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, 22 Sept., 1880
  18. 1 2 Boston Daily Globe, January 9, 1881
  19. ↑ Oscar Wilde In America
  20. ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883
  21. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 17, 1885
  22. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, May 22, 1887
  23. 1 2 Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 3, 1887
  24. ↑ Charles E. L. Wingate (1888), The playgoers' year-book, for 1888, Boston: State Pub. Co., OL 17937497M
  25. ↑ Donald Pizer. "The Radical Drama in Boston 1889-1891." New England Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Sep., 1958)
  26. ↑ (21 December 1889). Massachusetts, New York Clipper (it played a month in Boston)
  27. ↑ Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
  28. ↑ Boston Globe, March 5, 1893
  29. ↑ Boston Globe, April 4, 1893
  30. ↑ Boston Globe, Sept. 21 1893
  31. ↑ Boston Daily Globe, December 29, 1893
  32. ↑ Lillian Russell Opera Comique Co. in La Cigale: An Original Opera Comique
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