Henry Jewett Players

The Henry Jewett Players (c.1910s–1930s) was a repertory theatre troupe established by actor Henry Jewett in Boston, Massachusetts. The group operated from the Boston Opera House (c.1915); the Toy Theatre and Copley Theatre on Dartmouth Street (c.1916–1924);Blue Book of Cambridge, 1917 and the Repertory Theatre on Huntington Avenue (c.1925–1930)."Ask the Globe." Boston Globe, Aug 26, 1984Huntington Theatre Co. Boston University Theatre . Retrieved 2012-02-26 Performers included Peg Entwistle and Conway Wingfield. A contemporary critic explained how the players worked: "Mr Jewett ... considers the term 'Stock Company' beneath the just merits and present ambitions of his organization, and insists that it be dignified by the name 'Repertory,' instead. There is justification for this to the extent that no member regularly plays 'leading' parts, but all are moved around in the cast from week to week, from important to minor roles. But the company is nevertheless not run on the European Repertory system by means of which several plays are put on within the week, but instead, follows the usual American fashion of playing each play for a week or more at a time."Frank Chouteau Brown. "'The Hub' defies Broadway: the home of the stock company has never had to depend on erratic Broadway bookings." Theatre Magazine, v.34, 1921 The Jewett Players continued until around 1930.Henry Jewett died in 1930. (Henry Jewett, 1861-1930. Oxford companion to American theatre. Oxford University Press, 2004)

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Performances Among the group's productions:

Ibsen's Pillars of SocietyIbsen.net. Retrieved 2012-02-27 Dusany's Lost Silk HatBookseller, newsdealer and stationer, June 15, 1917 Angel in the HouseBoston Globe, May 22, 1917 Inside the LinesBoston Globe, Feb. 2, 1918 Pinero's Dandy Dick Galsworthy's The Pigeon Galsworthy's The Silver Box Shaw's plays The Rivals a comedy by Richard Sheridan, 1917-1918 season. Tom Jones Alfred Sutro's Walls of JerichoBoston Globe, Jan. 24, 1919 The Doctor's Dilemma Graham Moffat's Bunty Pulls the StringsBoston Globe, Feb. 10, 1920 Officer 666 The Private Secretary Are you a Mason? Charley's Aunt Chains Hindle Wakes Strife The Thunderbolt Oscar Wilde plays J. M. Barrie plays H.A. Jones plays Granville Barker's The Voysey InheritanceThe Drama, Jan. 1922 St. John Hankin's Cassilis EngagementBoston Globe, Dec. 12, 1922 Gregorio Martínez Sierra's Romantic Young LadyWilliam V. Jackson. "Modern Spanish Plays Produced in the United States, 1900-1947." Hispania, Vol. 33, No. 2 (May, 1950), pp. 140-143

See also Huntington Theatre Company, which now resides in the former Repertory Theatre (built in 1925 for the Jewett Players; bought in 1953 by Boston University)

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