Haymarket Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts)
Introduction Haymarket Theatre, Boston, ca.1800The '''Haymarket Theatre''' (1796-1803) or '''Hay-Market Theatre''' was a theatre in late-18th century Boston, Massachusetts. Organized by Charles Stuart Powell, it occupied a large, wooden building "opposite the Mall on Common (later Tremont) Street, near Hatch's Tavern." In addition to dramatic plays, the theatre presented some 62 musical entertainments during its first 5 years. The Haymarket "was seldom used after 1800, and on March 3, 1803, it was offered for sale at auction on the condition that it be removed in 60 days."
Works performed View of Tremont St. in Boston, showing Haymarket Theatre, ca.1796* Isaac Bickerstaffe's "The Padlock"* Samuel Birch's "The Adopted Child"* William Hill Brown's "West Point Preserved"* John Daly Burk's "Bunker-Hill; or, the Death of General Warren"* Susanna Centlivre's "The Ghost"* James Cobb's "The Siege of Belgrade"* George Colman's "Inkle and Yarico"* Richard Cumberland's "Note of Hand"* Charles Dibdin's "The Quaker"; "The Waterman"* David Everett's "Daranzel; or, the Persian Patriot"* George Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer"* Henry Fielding's "The Mock Doctor"* David Garrick's "The Lying Valet"* Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer"* John Hodgkinson's "The Launch, or, Huzza for the Constitution"* Elizabeth Inchbald's "Married Man"; "Animal Magnetism;" "Child of Nature"* Robert Jephson's "Two Strings to Your Bow"* Hugh Kelly's "Romance of an Hour"* Kotzebue's "The stranger; or, Misanthropy and repentance"* Nathaniel Lee's "Alexander the Great"* Thomas Morton's "Way to Get Married"* Arthur Murphy's "Old Maid"* John O'Keeffe's "The Young Quaker"; "Agreeable Surprise;" "Son in Law"* Walley Chamberlain Oulton's "All in Good Humour"* William Preston's "Death of Louis XVI"* Frederick Reynolds' "Cheap Living"* Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School for Scandal"* Royall Tyler's "A Georgia Spec; or, Land in the Moon"* "The Boston Balloon; or, a Supposed Flight from the Beacon-Hill" ("localized from the celebrated farce written by Mrs. Inchbald, of Mogul Tale")* "The Village Lawyer"* "Washington, or Memorable Era of 1776"
Performers * Mrs. Allen* Mr. Amean* Mr. Barrett* Mrs. Barrett* Mr. Borier* Mr. Bowen* Mrs. Brett* Miss Broadhurst* Mr. Clough* Mr. Cunnington* Mr. Dickenson* Mr. Dubois* Mr. Fawcett* Mons. Francisqui (or Francisquy)* Mrs. Harper* Miss Harrison* Mr. Hodgkinson* Mrs. Hodgkinson* Mr. Hughes* Mrs. Hughes* Miss Gowen* Mr. Kenny * Mrs. King* Mr. Lege* Madame Lege* Mr. Marriott* Mrs. Pick* Mr. S. Powell* Mrs. S. Powell* Mr. Sevens* Master Shaffer* Mr. Simpson* Mrs. Simpson* Mr. Smith* Mr. Spinacuta* Mr. Sprague* Mr. Taylor* Mr. Turnbull* Mr. Val* Madame Val* Mr. Villiers* Eleanor Westray (later Mrs. Darley)* Elizabeth Westray (later Mrs. Villiers and Mrs. Twaits)* David Williamson * Mr. Wilson
References
Further reading * Letter to the editor. Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser; 12-30-1796* William Warland Clapp. A Record of the Boston Stage. Boston: J. Munroe & Co., 1853
External links * Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Early American playbills: Guide; includes playbills from the Hay-Market Theatre