The Palace Theatre (ca.1891-1931) of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was a variety theatre on Court Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Palace Theatre, no.109 Court St. Handy guide to Boston and environs. NY: Rand McNally and Company, 1904 Acts which performed there included Rose Hill Folly Co.,Boston Globe, Sept. 21, 1893 Clifford & Dixon, Murry & Murry, Behler & Stone,Boston Globe, Oct. 7, 1897 and the Adamless Eden Burlesquers.Boston Globe, May 26, 1900 It also showed photo-plays such as The Exploits of Elaine, The Master Key, and "Charles Chaplin comedies."Illustration of New Palace Theatre in: Some interesting Boston events. Boston: Printed for the State Street Trust Co., 1916 Among its managers and proprietors were William Austin,Austin & Haynes; Boston Globe, June 7, 1891 F. J. Pilling,Boston Globe, Sept. 21, 1893 George Milbank, and Dunn & Waldron.Dunn & Waldron's Circuit, May 14, 1900Around 1896 the Palace was re-named the "Trocadero" by proprietor Frank V. Dunn (1864-1910). Obituary, New York Times, February 18, 1910; Boston Globe, Oct.4, 1896 The Palace occupied the building of the former Nickelodeon.Andrew Craig Morrison. Theaters. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006The building occupied by the Palace was notable in the history of technology. In 1875 at the shop of Charles Williams, 109 Court St., Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson made the first telephone call. ("Invention of the Telephone." Telegraph Age v.24, no.7, April 1, 1906) It existed until 1931, when it was demolished.Donald C. King. The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.
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Boston Athenaeum. Theater History : Austin's Palace Theatre (ca. 1891-1897), 109 Court Street