Keith's Theatre

Not to be confused with Boston Opera House (1980).

B.F. Keith's Theatre (1894–1928) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a vaudeville playhouse run by B.F. Keith. It sat across from Boston Common in the city's theatre district, with an entrance on Tremont Street and another on Washington Street.^[1] Personnel included Keith, E.F. Albee and H.E. Gustin.^[2] Virgilio Tojetti painted some of the interior decorations.^[3][4] In 1939, the theater was converted to a movie theater named the Normandie.^[5]

Keith's Theatre, Tremont Street, Boston, c. 1906 (Library of Congress)

Performances/Screenings

• Fadettes of Boston
• Edison Vitascope^[6]
• Lumière Cinematograph^[6]

References

1. Keith's Theatre, no.547 Washington and no.163 Tremont. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
2. Cahn-Leighton Official Theatrical Guide. NY. 1913.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. "Keith's Tremont Street Entrance". The Opera Glass. 4 (10). October 1897.
4. "Virgilio Tojetti (1849-1901)". Public Opinion. 30. April 4, 1901.
5. Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History: Keith's Theatre (1894-1952), 547 Washington Street". Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
6. Deac Rossell (Summer 1995). "A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896". Film History. 7.

Further reading

• B.F. Keith's New Theatre., Boston: printed by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1894, OL 7104187M
• E.T. Adams. "Artistic Engine-Room Interiors." Engineering Magazine, v.10, no.6, March 1896
• Frank Cullen. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. NY: Routledge, 2004

External links

• CinemaTreasures.org. B. F. Keith's Theatre, 547 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02458
• Detail of 1902 map of Boston showing location of Keith's Theatre, via Boston Public Library's Atlascope Boston tool.
• Library of Congress. Drawing of Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1931.

Images

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  Keith's interior, c. 1894
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  Advertisement, 1897
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  Night view of Keith's, c. 1900s
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  Postcard of decorations by Virgilio Tojetti, c. 1900s
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  Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Keith's
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  Advertisement for Clark & Bergman; Belle Baker; Adelaide & J.J. Hughes, 1917

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