Globe Theatre (Boston, 1871)

Programme for performance of H.A. Rendle's "Chesney Wold," 1873

Detail of 1886 map of Boston, showing Globe Theatre

Seating chart, 1883

The Globe Theatre (est.1871) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. It was located at 598 Washington Street,^[1] near the corner of Essex Street.^[2] Arthur Cheney oversaw the Globe until 1876.^[3]^[4] From 1871-1873 it occupied the former theatre of John H. Selwyn.^[4] After a fire in May 1873, the Globe re-opened on the same site in December 1874.^[5] Architect designed the new building.^[6] From 1877-1893 John Stetson served as proprietor;^[7]^[8] some regarded him as "a theatrical producer with a reputation for illiteracy in his day such as Samuel Goldwyn has achieved" in the 1960s.^[9] The theatre burned down in January 1894.^[10]

Horatio J. Homer, Boston's first African-American police officer, worked as a janitor at the Globe Theatre before being hired by the Boston Police Department.^[1]

Performances[]

1870s[]

H.A. Rendle's Chesney Wold, with Madame Janauschek^[11]
Fox's Humpty Dumpty^[12]
Augustin Daly's Pique, with Miss Jeffries-Lewis^[13]
E.A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary^[13]
"Sea of Ice" with Miss Maud Granger as Ocarita and Mr. George Boniface as Carlos, Monday, January 28, 1878 ^[14]
Eliza Weathersby's Froliques^[15]
The Scouts of the Prairie, with Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, Ned Buntline, and Giuseppina Morlacchi, week of March 5, 1873.^[16]
Miss Kate Claxton in Two Orphans

1880s[]

"Rice's new extravaganza combination in the opera comique Calino"^[17]
Othello, starring Salvini^[18]
L.R. Shewell's Debt of Honor^[18]
Oscar Wilde lecture June 2, 1882^[19]
Oedipus^[9]
14 Days, with Charles Wyndham^[20]
We, Us & Co., with Mestayer-Vaughn^[21]
Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado, with Helen Lamont and Signor Brocolini^[22]
As in a Looking-Glass, with Mrs. Langtry^[23]
The Hanlons in "Fantasma"^[23]
Princess Ida^[24]
Ibsen's A Doll's House, with Beatrice Cameron^[25]
The Oolah (1889)^[26]

1890s[]

The Lion Tamer, with Francis Wilson^[27]
Ali Baba, with American Extravaganza Co.^[28]
The Crust of Society^[29]
Prince Karl, with Richard Mansfield^[30]
Hanlon Brothers' "mechanical fairy spectacle Superba"^[31]
La Cigale, with Lillian Russell^[32]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Neal, Anthony W. (February 4, 2016). "Sergeant Horatio J. Homer: Boston's first black police officer". The Bay State Banner. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
^ The Globe occupied the site on Washington Street opposite the Park Theatre, on the block between Essex Street and Hayward Place: no.364 Washington Street, 1871-ca.1876 (Boston Almanac. 1871, 1875) later re-numbered as no.598 Washington Street, ca.1877-ca.1894 (Boston Almanac. 1877, 1881, 1887, 1891, 1894)
^ Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1872; Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876
^ ^a ^b Richard Herndon and Edwin Bacon, ed. (1892), Boston of to-day: a glance at its history and characteristics. With biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men, Boston: Post Pub. Co., OCLC 4430662, OL 7162628M
^ "Chronicle of events." Boston Almanac. 1875
^ Benjamin Franklin Dwight (d.1893). American Architect and Building News, Oct. 14, 1893
^ Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878; 22 Sept., 1880; Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883; Dec. 3, 1887. Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
^ John Stetson (d.1896). New York Times, April 19, 1896
^ ^a ^b Doris M. Alexander. "Oedipus in Victorian New York." American Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 1960)
^ Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894
^ Boston Daily Globe, March 7, 1873
^ Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1873
^ ^a ^b Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876
^ Globe Theatre Programme
^ Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878
^ Boston Globe, May 5, 1873
^ Boston Daily Globe, 22 Sept., 1880
^ ^a ^b Boston Daily Globe, January 9, 1881
^ Oscar Wilde In America
^ Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883
^ Boston Daily Globe, May 17, 1885
^ Boston Daily Globe, May 22, 1887
^ ^a ^b Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 3, 1887
^ Charles E. L. Wingate (1888), The playgoers' year-book, for 1888, Boston: State Pub. Co., OL 17937497M
^ Donald Pizer. "The Radical Drama in Boston 1889-1891." New England Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Sep., 1958)
^ (21 December 1889). Massachusetts, New York Clipper (it played a month in Boston)
^ Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
^ Boston Globe, March 5, 1893
^ Boston Globe, April 4, 1893
^ Boston Globe, Sept. 21 1893
^ Boston Daily Globe, December 29, 1893
^ Lillian Russell Opera Comique Co. in La Cigale: An Original Opera Comique

External links[]

NYPL. Globe Theatre Company, Boston (fl. 1870)
Boston Athenæum Theater History, Globe Theatre, Boston

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[neal1-1] Neal, Anthony W. (February 4, 2016). "Sergeant Horatio J. Homer: Boston's first black police officer". The Bay State Banner. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2017.

[2] The Globe occupied the site on Washington Street opposite the Park Theatre, on the block between Essex Street and Hayward Place: no.364 Washington Street, 1871-ca.1876 (Boston Almanac. 1871, 1875) later re-numbered as no.598 Washington Street, ca.1877-ca.1894 (Boston Almanac. 1877, 1881, 1887, 1891, 1894)

[3] Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1872; Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876

[bacon1892-4] Richard Herndon and Edwin Bacon, ed. (1892), Boston of to-day: a glance at its history and characteristics. With biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men, Boston: Post Pub. Co., OCLC 4430662, OL 7162628M

[5] "Chronicle of events." Boston Almanac. 1875

[6] Benjamin Franklin Dwight (d.1893). American Architect and Building News, Oct. 14, 1893

[7] Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878; 22 Sept., 1880; Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883; Dec. 3, 1887. Boston Globe, January 22, 1893

[8] John Stetson (d.1896). New York Times, April 19, 1896

[Doris_M._Alexander_1960-9] Doris M. Alexander. "Oedipus in Victorian New York." American Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 1960)

[10] Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894

[11] Boston Daily Globe, March 7, 1873

[12] Boston Daily Globe, July 17, 1873

[ReferenceA-13] Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 9, 1876

[14] Globe Theatre Programme

[15] Boston Daily Globe, May 26, 1878

[16] Boston Globe, May 5, 1873

[17] Boston Daily Globe, 22 Sept., 1880

[ReferenceB-18] Boston Daily Globe, January 9, 1881

[19] Oscar Wilde In America

[20] Boston Evening Transcript, March 2, 1883

[21] Boston Daily Globe, May 17, 1885

[22] Boston Daily Globe, May 22, 1887

[Boston_Daily_Globe,_Dec._3,_1887-23] Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 3, 1887

[24] Charles E. L. Wingate (1888), The playgoers' year-book, for 1888, Boston: State Pub. Co., OL 17937497M

[25] Donald Pizer. "The Radical Drama in Boston 1889-1891." New England Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Sep., 1958)

[bostontwo-26] (21 December 1889). Massachusetts, New York Clipper (it played a month in Boston)

[27] Boston Globe, January 22, 1893

[28] Boston Globe, March 5, 1893

[29] Boston Globe, April 4, 1893

[30] Boston Globe, Sept. 21 1893

[31] Boston Daily Globe, December 29, 1893

[32] Lillian Russell Opera Comique Co. in La Cigale: An Original Opera Comique

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