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The Grand Opera House (est.1888) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a theatre in the South End. Architect George Snell designed the 2,600-seat building on Washington Street. Managers and proprietors included Proctor & Mansfield, A.H. Dexter, George W. Magee, and Stair & Wilbur. Performances included Glyn's Three Weeks.

References

1. Grand Opera House, no.1176 Washington St. Boston Almanac, 1889, 1891, 1893-1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921
2. Desirée J. Garcia (2007). "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914". Film History. 19.
3. The dramatic year, 1887-88, Boston: Ticknor, 1889, OL 7204331M
4. Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906
5. King's Handbook of Boston, 9th ed. Boston: Moses King, 1889
6. Boston Daily Globe, Dec. 29, 1893
7. Boston Daily Globe, May 8, 1899; Feb. 5, 1902
8. Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906, 1910
9. Neil Miller (2010), Banned in Boston: the Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil, Boston: Beacon Press, ISBN 9780807051122 – via Overdrive (subscription required)

Further reading

• Douglass Shand-Tucci (2010). "Dover Street Rag: The Grand Opera House". Boston, Mass.: Back Bay Historical.

External links

• Bostonian Society. Photo of Grand Opera House at 1176 Washington Street, ca. 1890

Images

• Advertisement for "The Fugitive," 1888
• Advertisement for "Zitka" with May Wheeler, 1889
• Interior, ca.1890s
• Advertisement for A.Y. Pearson's "Police Patrol," 1893
• Detail of 1898 map of Boston, showing Grand Opera House

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