Plymouth Theatre (Boston)

The Plymouth Theatre (1911–1957) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located on Stuart Street in today's Boston Theater District.[nb 1] Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building for Liebler & Co.[2][3] Performers included Henry Jewett,[4] Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, 8-year-old Sammy Davis Jr.,[5] and Bette Davis.[6] In October 1911, the touring Abbey Theatre presented Synge's Playboy of the Western World at the Plymouth;[7] in the audience were W. B. Yeats, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.[8][9]

"The Shubert Organization of New York bought the Plymouth in 1927 and used it largely for tryouts of plays headed for New York or going on tour, and for some long run performances."[3] In 1957 the building became the Gary Theater.[nb 2]

  1. ^ Boston Register and Business Directory, 1921 [1918]
  2. ^ American Architect, March 31, 1915
  3. ^ a b "Ask the Globe", Boston Globe, Dec 25, 1984
  4. ^ Edwin Francis Edgett (1940), I speak for myself, Macmillan Company, OCLC 334965
  5. ^ Steve Morse (17 Dec 1999), "Thinking inside the box: Sony, Stevie and Sammy top this year's sets", Boston Globe
  6. ^ Edgar Driscoll (8 Oct 1989), "All about Bette", Boston Globe
  7. ^ "The Abbey in America, 1911 Tour". Dublin: Abbey Theatre. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  8. ^ Maureen Dezell (31 Oct 2004), "From jeers to cheers", Boston Globe
  9. ^ Kevin Cullen (8 Feb 2011), "Hub may again play part in Irish theater's survival", Boston Globe
  10. ^ Boston Globe, Dec 25, 1984


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