Plymouth Theatre (Boston)
The Plymouth Theatre (1911–1957) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located on Stuart Street in today's Boston Theater District.[nb 1] Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building for Liebler & Co.[2][3] Performers included Henry Jewett,[4] Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, 8-year-old Sammy Davis Jr.,[5] and Bette Davis.[6] In October 1911, the touring Abbey Theatre presented Synge's Playboy of the Western World at the Plymouth;[7] in the audience were W. B. Yeats, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.[8][9]
"The Shubert Organization of New York bought the Plymouth in 1927 and used it largely for tryouts of plays headed for New York or going on tour, and for some long run performances."[3] In 1957 the building became the Gary Theater.[nb 2]
Images
[edit]- Plymouth Theatre, Boston, 1910s
- Seating chart, 1912
- Interior, c. 1915
- Advertisement, 1919
- Advertisement, 1920
Performances
[edit] 1910s[edit]
| 1920s[edit]
| 1930s-1950s[edit]
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- Mademoiselle-1932-w Grace George and Alice Brady
Reflected Glory - 1936 w Tallulah Bankhead Blow Ye Winds - 1936 w Henry Fonda with Doris Dalton The Masque of Kings - 1936 w Henry Hill, Dudley Digges and Margo Pauline Frederick Susan and God - 1939 w Gertrude Lawrence and Paul McGrath Boys and Girls Together - 1940 w Ed Wynn and The De Marcos. "Kiss and tell" - 1943 by F.Hugh Herbert with Violet Heming Walter Gilbert and Betty Anne Nyman
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921 [1918]
- ^ American Architect, March 31, 1915
- ^ a b "Ask the Globe", Boston Globe, Dec 25, 1984
- ^ Edwin Francis Edgett (1940), I speak for myself, Macmillan Company, OCLC 334965
- ^ Steve Morse (17 Dec 1999), "Thinking inside the box: Sony, Stevie and Sammy top this year's sets", Boston Globe
- ^ Edgar Driscoll (8 Oct 1989), "All about Bette", Boston Globe
- ^ "The Abbey in America, 1911 Tour". Dublin: Abbey Theatre. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Maureen Dezell (31 Oct 2004), "From jeers to cheers", Boston Globe
- ^ Kevin Cullen (8 Feb 2011), "Hub may again play part in Irish theater's survival", Boston Globe
- ^ Boston Globe, Dec 25, 1984
- ^ Boston Globe, Sep 6, 1915
- ^ Boston Evening Transcript, Nov 20, 1915
- ^ a b Boston Globe, March 16, 1916
- ^ Boston Globe, Oct 2, 1916
- ^ Boston Globe, Feb 21, 1917
- ^ Boston Globe, April 19, 1918
- ^ Boston Globe, Oct 23, 1918
- ^ Boston Globe, March 25, 1919
- ^ Boston Globe, Sep 17, 1919
- ^ Boston Globe, April 30, 1920
- ^ a b Boston Globe, Dec 8, 1920
- ^ Boston Globe, January 24, 1921
- ^ Boston Globe, March 31, 1921
- ^ Boston Globe, April 6, 1921
- ^ Boston Globe, Oct 6, 1921
- ^ a b Boston Globe, Jan 27, 1922
- ^ Boston Globe, April 28, 1921
- ^ James Harbeck (1996), "The Quaintness-and Usefulness-of the Old Chinese Traditions: The Yellow Jacket and Lady Precious Stream", Asian Theatre Journal, 13: 238–247, JSTOR 1124528
External links
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- Library of Congress. Drawing of Plymouth Theatre, Eliot St. near Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1922.
- Flickr. Photo of Gary Theater, 20th century
- Bostonian Society. Photo of the Gary Theater, 127-131 Stuart Street, c. 1958
- Boston Athenaeum. Theater History: Plymouth Theatre, 131 Stuart Street