The Bowdoin Square Theatre (est.1892) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema. It was located on Bowdoin Square in the West End,Boston Almanac, 1893-1894. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918 in a building designed by architect C.H. Blackall."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 Personnel included Charles F. AtkinsonAtherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896 and William Harris.Boston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892 Audience members included future magician Julius LinskyBoston Globe, 07 Oct 1982 and future actor Joseph SicariBlowen, Michael. West End taught him `You Gotta Have Heart.' Boston Globe, 05 Feb 1996
Performances/Screenings
1890s The DazzlerBoston Daily Globe, March 13, 1892 A Parlor Match (Evans and Hoey)Boston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892. The Idea, with Hallen and HartBoston Playhouses. New York Times, November 13, 1892. Sutton Vane's The Span of LifeBoston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893 Hands Across the SeaBoston Evening Transcript - Oct 28, 1893 The Cotton KingBoston Evening Transcript - Oct 22, 1894 John P. Smith's Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Jenny KayBoston Daily Globe, May 5, 1895 Daniel A. Kelly's Outcasts of a Great CityBoston Daily Globe, May 08, 1899
1900s The Victorian CrossBoston Daily Globe, Feb. 5, 1902 In Sight of St. Pauls, with Zeffie TilburyBoston Daily Globe, September 19, 1902 Utah, with Zeffie TilburyBoston Daily Globe, October 28, 1902 A Break for LibertyBoston Daily Globe, January 09, 1903 Two OrphansBoston Daily Globe, January 17, 1903 The Cattle KingBoston Daily Globe, Nov.23, 1903 Wicked LondonBoston Daily Globe, April 12, 1904 Escaped from Sing SingBoston Daily Globe, November 19, 1904
1910s War's Women ("moving picture"), with Frank KeenanBoston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917 Ting Shan Wang TroupeBoston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917 Patria (film), with Mrs. Vernon CastleBoston Daily Globe, Feb. 21, 1917
1920s Camille (film), with NazimovaBoston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921 From the Ground Up (film), with Tom MooreBoston Daily Globe, December 03, 1921 Burn 'em up Barnes, with Johnny HinesBoston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922 Gleam o' Dawn (film), with John GilbertBoston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922 "Drake and Walker's Big Colored Musical Revue"Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922
1930s-1950s
References
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