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The Palace Theatre (ca.1891-1931) of Boston, Massachusetts was a variety theatre on Court Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.〔Palace Theatre, no.109 Court St. Handy guide to Boston and environs. NY: Rand McNally and Company, 1904〕 Acts which performed there included Rose Hill Folly Co.,〔Boston Globe, Sept. 21, 1893〕 Clifford & Dixon, Murry & Murry, Behler & Stone,〔Boston Globe, Oct. 7, 1897〕 and the Adamless Eden Burlesquers.〔Boston Globe, May 26, 1900〕 It also showed photo-plays such as The Exploits of Elaine, The Master Key, and "Charles Chaplin comedies."〔Illustration of New Palace Theatre in: Some interesting Boston events. Boston: Printed for the State Street Trust Co., 1916〕 Among its managers and proprietors were William Austin,〔Austin & Haynes; Boston Globe, June 7, 1891〕 F. J. Pilling,〔Boston Globe, Sept. 21, 1893〕 George Milbank, and Dunn & Waldron.〔Dunn & Waldron's Circuit, May 14, 1900〕〔Around 1896 the Palace was re-named the "Trocadero" by proprietor Frank V. Dunn (1864-1910). Obituary, New York Times, February 18, 1910; Boston Globe, Oct.4, 1896〕 The Palace occupied the building of the former Nickelodeon.〔Andrew Craig Morrison. Theaters. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006〕〔The building occupied by the Palace was notable in the history of technology. In 1875 at the shop of Charles Williams, 109 Court St., Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson made the first telephone call. ("Invention of the Telephone." Telegraph Age (v.24 ), no.7, April 1, 1906)〕 It existed until 1931, when it was demolished.〔Donald C. King. The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.〕 ==Images== Image:1890s Austins Palace Theatre Boston Massachusetts.png|Austin's Palace Theatre, 1890s Image:1893 PalaceTheatre BostonDailyGlobe Dec29.png|Advertisement, 1893 Image:1903 PalaceTheatre BostonGlobe January4.png|Advertisement, 1903 Image:1911 PalaceTheatre Boston map bySampsonMurdockCo BPL 12558 detail.png|Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing the Palace at Court and Sudbury Streets Image:PalaceTheatre 109CourtSt Boston ca1916.png|Palace Theatre, ca.1916 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palace Theatre, Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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