Bowdoin Square Theatre Explained

The Bowdoin Square Theatre (est.1892) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema. It was located on Bowdoin Square in the West End,^[1] in a building designed by architect C.H. Blackall.^[2] Personnel included Charles F. Atkinson^[3] and William Harris.^[4] Audience members included future magician Julius Linsky^[5] and future actor Joseph Sicari^[6]

Performances/Screenings

1890s

• The Dazzler^[7]
• A Parlor Match (Evans and Hoey)^[8]
• The Idea, with Hallen and Hart^[9]
• Sutton Vane's The Span of Life^[10]
• Hands Across the Sea^[11]
• The Cotton King^[12]
• John P. Smith's Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Jenny Kay^[13]
• Daniel A. Kelly's Outcasts of a Great City^[14]

1900s

• The Victorian Cross^[15]
• In Sight of St. Pauls, with Zeffie Tilbury^[16]
• Utah, with Zeffie Tilbury^[17]
• A Break for Liberty^[18]
• Two Orphans^[19]
• The Cattle King^[20]
• Wicked London^[21]
• Escaped from Sing Sing^[22]

1910s

• War's Women ("moving picture"), with Frank Keenan^[23]
• Ting Shan Wang Troupe^[24]
• Patria (film), with Mrs. Vernon Castle^[25]

1920s

• Camille (film), with Nazimova^[26]
• From the Ground Up (film), with Tom Moore^[27]
• Burn 'em up Barnes, with Johnny Hines^[28]
• Gleam o' Dawn (film), with John Gilbert^[29]
• "Drake and Walker's Big Colored Musical Revue"^[30]

1930s-1950s

Further reading

• "Olga Nethersole Brings Suit; Seeks to Enjoin a Boston Theatre from Presenting "Sapho." New York Times, May 17, 1900,
• "Boston Actress Shot; Unknown Person Wounds Miss Edith Talbot – Her Engagement Was Announced Last Monday." New York Times, February 16, 1901.

External links

• Boston Public Library. Photo of Bowdoin Sq., ca.1900s? Shows Bowdoin Sq. Theatre and vicinity
• CinemaTreasures.org. Bowdoin Square Theatre, Bowdoin Square, Boston, MA

Notes and References

1. Boston Almanac, 1893-1894. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
2. "Shaping the Temple: progress and particulars of the work being done at the new Bowdoin Square house of amusement." Boston Daily Globe, November 12, 1891
3. Atherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896
4. Boston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892
5. Boston Globe, 07 Oct 1982
6. Blowen, Michael. West End taught him `You Gotta Have Heart.' Boston Globe, 05 Feb 1996
7. Boston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892
8. Boston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892.
9. Boston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892.
10. Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893
11. Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893
12. Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 22, 1894
13. Boston Daily Globe, May 5, 1895
14. Boston Daily Globe, May 08, 1899
15. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 5, 1902
16. Boston Daily Globe, September 19, 1902
17. Boston Daily Globe, October 28, 1902
18. Boston Daily Globe, January 09, 1903
19. Boston Daily Globe, January 17, 1903
20. Boston Daily Globe, Nov.23, 1903
21. Boston Daily Globe, April 12, 1904
22. Boston Daily Globe, November 19, 1904
23. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
24. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
25. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
26. Boston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921
27. Boston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921
28. Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
29. Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
30. Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922