Plymouth Theatre (Boston) Explained

The Plymouth Theatre (1911 - 1957) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located on Stuart Street in today's Boston Theater District. Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building for Liebler & Co. Performers included Henry Jewett, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, 8-year-old Sammy Davis Jr., and Bette Davis. In October 1911, the touring Abbey Theatre presented Synge's Playboy of the Western World at the Plymouth;[1] in the audience were W. B. Yeats, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

"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." In 1957 the building became the Gary Theater.

Performances

1910s

1920s

1930s-1950s

Reflected Glory - 1936 w Tallulah BankheadBlow Ye Winds - 1936 w Henry Fonda with Doris DaltonThe Masque of Kings - 1936 w Henry Hill, Dudley Digges and Margo Pauline FrederickSusan and God - 1939 w Gertrude Lawrence and Paul McGrathBoys 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

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Abbey in America, 1911 Tour . Dublin . . August 30, 2013.