National Theatre, Boston (1911)

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Not to be confused with National Theatre, Boston (1836).

The National Theatre (1911-1978) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a 3,500-seat multipurpose auditorium on Tremont Street in the South End.[1] It functioned as a cinema, lecture hall, and stage. Performers included Jehovah's Witness founder Joseph F. Rutherford[2] and "big-name entertainers like Duke Ellington and Ray Bolger."[3] Movie screenings included The Battle of Gettysburg in 1913.[4] The English High School held graduation exercises in the National.[5] Around 1919 it was known as the "Waldorf Theater."[6] The space operated "intermittently after World War II for plays and movies."[7] Among the audience members: clothing designer Joseph Abboud.[8] The National closed in 1978. The Boston Center for the Arts oversaw the property thereafter, when it was subject to numerous plans for redevelopment.[9][10][11][12] The building existed until 1997, when it was demolished.[13][14]

Images

  • 1911 NationalTheatre TremontSt Boston Massachusetts BPL.png

    National Theatre, Tremont St. (near Berkeley St.), Boston, 1911 (photo courtesy Boston Public Library)

  • 1915 NationalTheatre BostonGlobe March7.png

    Advertisement for Tillie's Punctured Romance, with Charlie Chaplin, 1915

  • 1915 Hippodrome BostonEveningTranscript Oct4.png

    Advertisement for "base ball machine" at the Hippodrome (i.e. National), 1915

  • 1917 Curley NationalTheatre BostonGlobe Dec1.png

    James Curley election campaign rally, 1917

  • Advertisement for Rutherford at the National, 1920

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