Park Square Theatre, Boston
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Park Square Theatre, Boston, 1915
The Park Square Theatre (1915-1921) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a theatre in Park Square owned by Archibald and Edgar Selwyn.[1][2] It occupied the former Cort Theatre in a building designed by architect Clarence Blackall.[3][4] In 1921 "Selwyn's Park Square Theatre [was] renamed the Selwyn. ... In renaming the theatre, the owners ... made it one of a chain of Selwyn theatres in the United States."[1] In time the building "was replaced by a huge parking garage for automobiles."[5]
Contents
Shows
- Twin Beds[6]
- James Forbes' The Show Shop, with George Sidney and Zelda Sears[7]
- Roi Cooper Megrue's Under Fire, with William Courtenay[8]
- Edgar Selwyn's Rolling Stones[8]
- Jane Cowl & Jane Murfin's Lilac Time[8]
- Avery Hopwood's Fair and Warmer[9]
- The Naughty Wife, with Charles Cherry[10]
- George V. Hobart's Buddies[11]
- Edgar Selwyn and Channing Pollock's The Crowded Hour, with Wilette Kershaw[12]
- Eugene Walter's The Challenge, with Holbrook Blinn[11]
- Nightie Night, with Francis Byrne[13]
- Roi Cooper Megrue's T for 3, with Arthur Byron[14]
- The Right Girl, with Charles Purcell[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Park Sq. Theatre renamed Selwyn after its owners." Boston Globe, June 11, 1921
- ↑ Blue Book of Cambridge for 1917. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
- ↑ American Architect, March 31, 1915
- ↑ "In August 1915, New York's Selwyn Group took over the Cort, renaming it the Park Square Theatre." Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ King. 2005
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, Nov. 20, 1915
- ↑ Boston Globe, Dec. 19, 1915
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Boston Globe, Feb. 4, 1916
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 22, 1917
- ↑ Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 1918
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Boston Globe, Oct. 22, 1919
- ↑ Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 1919
- ↑ Boston Globe, Aug. 30, 1920
- ↑ Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 1920
- ↑ Boston Globe, June 13, 1921
Images
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Advertisement, 1915
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Advertisement, 1916
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Advertisement, 1917
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Advertisement, 1919
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Advertisement, 1921
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- Library of Congress. Drawing of Selwyn's Park Sq. Theatre, formerly Cort Theatre, Providence St. and Park Sq., Boston, Massachusetts. 1922.
- Bostonian Society:
- Photo of Selwyn Theatre, Park Square, Boston, ca.1925
- Photo of Selwyn Theatre, Columbus Avenue and Park Square, Boston, ca.1925
- Photo of Selwyn Theatre, Park Square, Boston, ca.1925
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