Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.)

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The Tremont Theatre (1827–1843) on 88 Tremont Street was a playhouse in Boston, Masschusetts. The Tremont never turned a profit during its 16-year running, despite the owners bringing in theatrical figures such as Junius Brutus Booth, Charlotte Cushman, George Washington Dixon, Fanny Elssler, Edwin Forrest, John Gilbert, Charles and Fanny Kemble, and Thomas D. Rice. Around the year 1829, Tom Comer served as musical director. In 1841 leading British actors John and Charlotte Vandenhoff appeared at the Tremont Theatre in a benefit for John Vandenhoff. Charlotte played Juliette and her father played Mercutio and on the same night he took the title role in Coriolanus.On December 28, 1843, the Free Church Baptists bought the theater and renamed it the Tremont Temple. The building burned in 1852, and bore no relationship to the later theater of the same name.
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referencedIn Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880. The Genoese, or, The downfall of Fiesco : a drama in 3 acts, manuscript, [between 1842-1847] Princeton University Library
referencedIn Tremont Theater (Boston, Mass.). Programs, 1863-1903. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Craig, Helen M.,. Scrapbook of musical programs, between 1865 and 1904. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Gear, Joseph, 1768-1853. Memories of Joseph Gear. Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.). Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.) drama and receipt records, undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Barrow, Julia Bennett, b. 1824,. Autograph letter signed from Julia Barrow, Tremont Theatre, Boston, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [1864] March 14. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Boston theater watercolors and printed materials, 1797-1886 and undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1790-1951. Houghton Library
referencedIn Ludlow, Noah Miller, 1795-1886. Promptbooks for productions of Shakespeare's King John, 1830-ca.1890. Houghton Library
referencedIn Boston theater watercolors and printed materials, 1797-1886 and undated. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Dunbar, Gladys. Gladys Dunbar collection, 1916-1980 (bulk 1940-1970). Worcester Historical Museum
referencedIn George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Musical and theatrical programs, 1794-1937 (inclusive), 1845-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Part for the role of Cardinal Pandulph in King John [manuscript], 1832 December 3. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Tremont Theatre box books Houghton Library
referencedIn Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified Houghton Library
referencedIn Bayne, Walter McPherson, 1795-1859. Papers, 1826-1893. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Boniface family. Boniface and Jones family papers, ca. 1828-1902. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.). Programs collection III : Miscellaneous theaters, [ca. 1865]-[ongoing]. University of Pittsburgh
creatorOf Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872. Papers of Edwin Forrest [manuscript], 1834-1897. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Boniface and Jones family papers, ca. 1828-1902 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Theatrical scrapbook collection, 1791-1967. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Tremont Theater (Boston, Mass.). Programs, 1863-1903. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Edmonds, T. W. Promptbooks for productions of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1839-ca.1970. Houghton Library
referencedIn Souvenir programs of theatrical productions, 1883-1965. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.) drama and receipt records, undated. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Dell, Robert M. Robert M. Dell - Theater Program Collection, 1882-1983, (bulk 1882-1952). Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Browning, Bruce F. Bruce F. Browning - Boston Theater Collection, 1895-1920. Boston College. John J. Burns Library
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associatedWith Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872. person
associatedWith Gear, Joseph, 1768-1853. person
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associatedWith Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. person
associatedWith Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937 person
associatedWith Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880. person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
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