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Tremont Theatre, Boston (1889)

The Tremont Theatre was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry E. Abbey and John B. Schoeffel established the enterprise and oversaw construction of its building at no.176 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District area. Managers included Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau, Klaw & Erlanger, Thos. B. Lothan and Albert M. Sheehan.

Performances
1880s–1890s Justin McCarthy's "The Candidate," with Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore • Sarah Bernhardt1492 Up to Date, presented by Edward E. Rice's "Surprise party" • Pauline Hall's "Puritania," music by Edgar Stillman Kelley • "Niobe," with Abbott & Teal's comedy co. • "Two Little Vagrants" • J.M. Barrie's "The Professors Love Story," with E.S. Willard • "Half a King," with Francis Wilson • Augustus Thomas' "The Jucklins," with Stuart RobsonDe Koven and Smith's "The Highwayman," with Broadway Theatre Opera Co. • Winston Churchill's "The Crisis," with James K. Hackett • Roland MacDonald's "The Sword of the King," with Henrietta Crosman • "Mr. Pickwick," with DeWolf Hopper • The Cingalee, with Augustin Daily Musical Co. • Jesse Lynch Williams' "The Stolen Story" • De Koven's "The Student King" • Geo. Broadhurst's "Man of the Hour" • Kitty Grey • "A Knight for a Day" • D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation • Harry James Smith's "A Tailor-Made Man," with Grant Mitchell • "Three Faces East" 1920s Ed Wynn Carnival • Little Nellie Kelly • The O'Brien Girl • "Captain Applejack," with Wallace Eddinger and Mary Nash • "The Girl in the Spotlight" 1930s-1940s Green Grow the Lilacs • "Confidential Service" • "Divorce Me, Dear" == Images ==
Images
File:1902 Tremont theatre BostonGlobe Sept19.png|Advertisement for "the cool Tremont," 1902 File:1903 Panoramic view of Boston Common and Tremont Street byEChickering LC detail.jpg|Tremont Street, 1903, across from Boston Common. (Tremont Theatre 6th building from right) File:John B Schoeffel 1846 1918 USA.png|Portrait of John B. Schoeffel, one of the proprietors File:1906 StolenStory at TremontTheatre Boston USA TheTheatre v6 no65.png|Performance of "The Stolen Story" at the Tremont Theatre, c. 1906 File:1906 TremontTheatre Boston Oct3 program cover.jpg|Programme from "The Student King," 1906 File:1911 Tremont Theatre map Boston byMiller BPL 12556.png|Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Tremont Theatre == References ==
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