Boston illustrated; . ave been heard within these great organ, long one of the attractions of the hall, was removed in the Music Hall is a small hall known as Bumstead Hall, the entranceto which is from the main entrance to the building from Winter Street. ThisIS used piinci]>Tlh ioi itht umK Not far fromthe Music Hall,o n WashingtonStreet betweenAVest and Boyls-ton Streets is whatmight quite prop-erly be called the theatre quar-ter of the , on the westside of the street,are the Boston,Bijou, and Parktheatres, and onthe east side theGlobe theatre \.while just
Boston illustrated; . ave been heard within these great organ, long one of the attractions of the hall, was removed in the Music Hall is a small hall known as Bumstead Hall, the entranceto which is from the main entrance to the building from Winter Street. ThisIS used piinci]>Tlh ioi itht umK Not far fromthe Music Hall,o n WashingtonStreet betweenAVest and Boyls-ton Streets is whatmight quite prop-erly be called the theatre quar-ter of the , on the westside of the street,are the Boston,Bijou, and Parktheatres, and onthe east side theGlobe theatre \.while just beyondlU)ylston Street isthe Worlds Mu-seum, Menage-rie, and Aqua-rium. The Boston The Boston Theatre. Theatre is the largest regular place of amusement in New England, and is in many respectsone of the finest. It was built by a corporation composed of leading citizensin 1854, and was opened on the 11th of September of that year, under the man-agement of Mr. Thomas Barry. There is a stock company connected with BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 89 theatre, but there are frequent star performances during the season, andthis is the house usually engaged for the representation of Italian, German,French, and English Opera. Most of the great American actors, and many dis-tinguished foreign actors and actresses, have appeared upon this stage. Jeffer-son and Owens, Booth and Forrest, Fechter and Sothern, McCullough, Ristori,Salvini, Jauauschek, Irving, Elleu Terry, and a host of others whose names arefamous in the annals of the stage, have here delighted the Boston public ; whileof opera-singers may be mentioned Nilsson, Lucca, Parepa Rosa, Kellogg,Phillipps, Patti, Gerster, and Ilauck. Here, too, the gorgeous spectacular playsthat have their seasons of prosperity have been presented in very completeform ; the greatest and most successful fairs ever held in Boston for charitableobjects have been given here ; and the vast auditorium was the scene of theballs given in honor of the Prince of W
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