Boston. ‘Fkeatres. Boston Theatre, Washington Street. **T 10.1
Play-bills. 1854-90/91, 93/94, 95/96-99/ 1900, 1901-06.
[ Boston. 1854-1905.] 46 v.
These volumes vary in size: those covering the seasons 1854-83 measure 55%cm. During the years 1871-1885, however, programmes were also printed in magazine form and called The Ray; from 1885 to 1893 the form was continued but the name was changed to the Boston Theatre Pro- gramme. The volumes in this form from 1871 to 1887 measure 30cm.; those from 1888 to 1893, 32% cm.; those from 1893 to 1906, 19% cm.
This theatre opened Sept. 11, 1854. From 1860 to Nov. 24, 1862, it was called the Boston Academy of Music. Between Nov. 24, 1862 and Feb. 9,
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This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, November 1, 1916.
Ko0680a — Theatre. Programmes.