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Palace Theatre, Boston


The Palace Theatre (ca.1891-1931) of Boston, Massachusetts was a variety theatre on Court Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Acts which performed there included Rose Hill Folly Co., Clifford & Dixon, Murry & Murry, Behler & Stone, and the Adamless Eden Burlesquers. It also showed photo-plays such as The Exploits of Elaine, The Master Key, and "Charles Chaplin comedies." Among its managers and proprietors were William Austin, F. J. Pilling, George Milbank, and Dunn & Waldron. The Palace occupied the building of the former Nickelodeon. It existed until 1931, when it was demolished.

Austin's Palace Theatre, 1890s

Advertisement, 1893

Advertisement, 1903

Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing the Palace at Court and Sudbury Streets

Palace Theatre, ca.1916

Coordinates: 42°21′39.32″N 71°3′37.85″W / 42.3609222°N 71.0605139°W / 42.3609222; -71.0605139


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