The Globe Theatre (est.1871) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. It was located at 598 Washington Street,[1] near the corner of Essex Street.[2] Arthur Cheney oversaw the Globe until 1876.[3][4] From 1871 to 1873 it occupied the former theatre of John H. Selwyn.[4] After a fire in May 1873, the Globe re-opened on the same site in December 1874.[5] Architect Benjamin F. Dwight designed the new building.[6] From 1877 to 1893 John Stetson served as proprietor;[7][8] some regarded him as "a theatrical producer with a reputation for illiteracy in his day such as Samuel Goldwyn has achieved" in the 1960s.[9] The theatre burned down in January 1894.[10]
Horatio J. Homer, Boston's first African-American police officer, worked as a janitor at the Globe Theatre before being hired by the Boston Police Department.[1]
