Boston Bijou Theatre Company records, 1882-1927 (inclusive), 1882-1886 (bulk).

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Boston Bijou Theatre Company records, 1882-1927 (inclusive), 1882-1886 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612378215

Financial records, including receipts for salaries and building expenses, cancelled checks, and account books, comprise the bulk of the collection. Also includes bylaws and minutes of the company, souvenir programs and playbills, two scrapbooks of clippings including reviews, three photographs, an illustrated historical review of the theatre, and an original electric light bulb from Edison's incandescent system.

14 boxes (3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Boston Bijou Theatre Company.

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Opened in 1882 by George W. Tyler, the Boston Bijou was the first American theatre that was equipped with an electrical lighting system. The theatre was managed from 1886 to 1894 by Benjamin Franklin Keith, who presented a new form of variety entertainment later named "vaudeville". Renamed the Bijou Opera House in 1901, the theatre featured primarily light opera until 1927, at which time it was converted into a movie house. From the description of Boston Bijou Theatre Company records...