Great West End Theatres
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Great West End Theatres episodes (10)
1 Theatre Royal, Haymarket
12-02-20
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Also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre, it was built in 1720 by John Potter and was the third public theatre opened in the West End. Owned by the Crown Estate.
2 Prince of Wales
12-02-20
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Owned by Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Grade II listed as of 1999. In the 1950s, the theatre hosted a variety of famous performers from Bob Hope to Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Peter Sellers, and Morecambe and Wise.
3 Piccadilly
12-02-20
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The Piccadilly Theatre has presented most forms of stage entertainment from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (with its original Broadway cast) to a variety of Royal Shakespeare Company productions including Edward II starring Ian McKellen, and Henry Fonda
4 Wyndham's
12-02-20
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Designed in 1898 by W.G.R. Sprague (who also designed six other London theatres) it was opened by the actor/manager Sir Charles Wyndham on 16 November 1899, in the presence of the Prince of Wales.
5 St Martins
12-02-20
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Built by W.G.R. Sprague in memoriam for Richard Greville Verney, the 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke. It's the only theatre in the West End still in the hands of the family who built it.
6 Ambassadors
12-02-20
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This delightful theatre sits opposite the renowned restaurant The Ivy, the favourite haunt of the theatrical glitterati.
7 Her Majesty's
12-02-20
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Home to record-setting musical theatre runs; the current production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera', has played continuously at Her Majesty's since 1986.
8 Palace
12-02-20
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The Palace Theatre has hosted a number of successful productions, including No, No, Nanette, The Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar and the sensational Les Miserables - which ran for nineteen years.
9 Noel Coward
12-02-20
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The theatre has hosted a number of notable productions, such as Noël Coward's first play I'll Leave it to You, in 1920, and George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan with an acclaimed performance by actress Sybil Thorndike ran in 1924.
10 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
12-02-20
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The oldest theatre in London and, allegedly, the most haunted theatre in the world.