A deteriorated roof and years of neglect left the interior of the Modern Theatre in ruins by the 2000s.
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Copyright Kendra Clineff. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Holes in the Modern Theatre roof let in the elements, leading to deterioration of the fine detail inside the original building.
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Copyright Kendra Clineff. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Copyright Renée Dekona. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Copyright Renée Dekona. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Copyright Renée Dekona. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
A play written by Harry Hom Dow depicting the review of a case in the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in which the applicant, a Chinese man played by Dow, is denied admission to the United States after being caught with a "coaching document."
Source
Harry Hom Dow Papers, 1911-1985 (MS 111)
Series 02: Personal Files, Box: 4, Folder: Dow, Harry Hom - plays about INS authored by Dow
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See also related play script, ms-0123 and illustration, ms-0122.
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A play written by Harry Hom Dow depicting farcical scenes from the Law Division office at Ellis Island, especially regarding Chinese immigrants seeking admission to the United States.
Source
Harry Hom Dow Papers, 1911-1985 (MS 111)
Series 02: Personal Files, Box: 4, Folder: Dow, Harry Hom - plays about INS authored by Dow
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See also related play script, ms-0121 and illustration, ms-0122.
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 2
Suffolk University Records
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Copyright Fay Foto Service Inc. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 1
Suffolk University Records
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Series SUJ-004.04 Special Materials: Photographs: Events, Box 34
Suffolk University Records
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Copyright John Gillooly. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Professional and Suffolk Theatre Department performances are among the offerings at the new Modern Theatre. Here Professor Wesley Savick directs students in Car Talk: The Musical. The musical comedy, inspired by the National Public Radio show, was written by Savick and premiered at the Modern Theatre.
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Copyright John Gilooly. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 2
Suffolk University Records
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Copyright Herbert Goodman. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
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Copyright Herbert Goodman. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
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A furniture warehouse designed by Levi Newcomb & Son was built at 323 Washington St. In 1876. Later it became a carpet warehouse and later still was converted into the Modern Theatre.
Copyright Peter Wanderwarker. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Copyright Peter Wanderwarker. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Copyright Peter Wanderwarker. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Suffolk University. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Actor Paul Benedict onstage, in a Suffolk University Drama Club production of "Dial M for Murder"
Date
May 1959
Source
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 4
Suffolk University Records
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Suffolk University students line up to buy tickets for a performance at the Suffolk University theatre
Date
1952
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
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Backstage photograph of a production of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
Date
1967
Source
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
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Actors reading lines on stage during a rehearsal of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
Date
1967
Source
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
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Copyright is retained by the creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Actors reading lines on stage during a rehearsal of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
Date
1967
Source
Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
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