The Palace Theatre (ca.1891-1931) of
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was a variety theatre on
Court Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Acts which performed there included Rose Hill Folly Co., Clifford & Dixon, Murry & Murry, Behler & Stone, and the Adamless Eden Burlesquers. It also showed photo-plays such as
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comedies." Among its managers and proprietors were William Austin, F. J. Pilling, George Milbank, and Dunn & Waldron. The Palace occupied the building of the former
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. It existed until 1931, when it was demolished.
[Donald C. King. The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.]
Images
Image:1890s Austins Palace Theatre Boston Massachusetts.png, Austin's Palace Theatre, 1890s
Image:1893 PalaceTheatre BostonDailyGlobe Dec29.png, Advertisement, 1893
Image:1903 PalaceTheatre BostonGlobe January4.png, Advertisement, 1903
Image:1911 PalaceTheatre Boston map bySampsonMurdockCo BPL 12558 detail.png, Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing the Palace at Court and Sudbury Streets
Image:PalaceTheatre 109CourtSt Boston ca1916.png, Palace Theatre, ca.1916
References
External links
* Boston Athenaeum
Theater History Austin's Palace Theatre (ca. 1891-1897), 109 Court Street
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Demolished buildings and structures in Boston
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Government Center, Boston
1891 establishments in Massachusetts
1931 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Event venues established in 1891
20th century in Boston
Former cinemas in the United States
Burlesque theatres
Buildings and structures demolished in 1931