Grand Opera House (Boston)

{{Distinguish|Boston Opera House (1909)|Boston Opera House (1980)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} __NOTOC__ The '''Grand Opera House''' (est.1888) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a theatre in the South End.<ref>Grand Opera House, no.1176 Washington St. Boston Almanac, 1889, 1891, 1893-1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Desirée J. Garcia |title=Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914 |journal=Film History |volume= 19 |year=2007 }}</ref> Architect George Snell designed the 2,600-seat building on Washington Street.<ref>{{Citation |publisher = Ticknor |location = Boston |title = The dramatic year, 1887-88 |date = 1889 |ol = 7204331M }}</ref><ref>Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906</ref> Managers and proprietors included Proctor & Mansfield,<ref>King's Handbook of Boston, 9th ed. Boston: Moses King, 1889</ref> A.H. Dexter,<ref>Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 29, 1893</ref> George W. Magee,<ref>Boston Daily Globe, May 8, 1899; Feb. 5, 1902</ref> and Stair & Wilbur.<ref>Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906, 1910</ref> Performances included Glyn's ''Three Weeks''.<ref name=miller2010>{{Citation |publisher = Beacon Press |isbn = 9780807051122 |location = Boston |title = Banned in Boston: the Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil |author = Neil Miller |date = 2010 |via=Overdrive |author-link = Neil Miller (writer) }} {{subscription required}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{cite web |author=Douglass Shand-Tucci |url=http://www.backbayhistorical.org/blog/archives/1032 |title=Dover Street Rag: The Grand Opera House |date= 2010 |publisher=Back Bay Historical |location=Boston, Mass. }}

==External links== {{commons category|Grand Opera House (Boston)}} * Bostonian Society. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203721/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/001448.jpg Photo of Grand Opera House] at 1176 Washington Street, ca. 1890

==Images== <gallery mode=packed heights="140px"> Image:1888 GrandOperaHouse BostonDailyGlobe Nov13.png|Advertisement for "The Fugitive," 1888 Image:1889 Zitka GrandOperaHouse Boston Massachusetts BostonGlobe Feb3.png|Advertisement for "Zitka" with May Wheeler, 1889 Image:1896 GrandOperaHouse Bostonian v2 no6.png|Interior, ca.1890s Image:1893 GrandOperaHouse Boston Massachusetts BostonGlobe Dec29.png|Advertisement for A.Y. Pearson's "Police Patrol," 1893 Image:1898_Grand Opera House_map_Boston_byWalker_BPL_12578_detail.png|Detail of 1898 map of Boston, showing Grand Opera House </gallery>

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Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1888 Category:1888 establishments in Massachusetts Category:South End, Boston Category:Former cinemas and movie theaters in Boston Category:Former theatres in Boston Category:Event venues established in 1888