West End theatre in London
TheDuke of York's Theatre is aWest End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in theCity of Westminster , London. It was built forFrank Wyatt and his wife,Violet Melnotte , who retained ownership of the theatre until her death in 1935. Designed by the architectWalter Emden , it opened on 10 September 1892 as the Trafalgar Square Theatre, and was renamed Trafalgar Theatre in 1894. The following year, it became the Duke of York's to honour the futureKing George V .[ 1]
The theatre's opening show was comic operaThe Wedding Eve byFrédéric Toulmouche . One of the earliestmusical comedies ,Go-Bang Jerome K. Jerome 'sMiss Hobbs was staged as well asDavid Belasco 'sMadame Butterfly Puccini , who later turned it into the famous opera. This was also the theatre whereJ. M. Barrie 'sPeter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up Basil Rathbone , who played Alfred de Musset inMadame Sand Tonight or Never .
The theatre wasGrade II listed byEnglish Heritage in September 1960.[ 2] Capital Radio and it closed in 1979 for refurbishment. It reopened in February 1980 and the first production under the patronage of Capital wasRose , starringGlenda Jackson . In 1991 comedianPat Condell performed sketches at the theatre which were later released on DVD.[ 3]
ATG Entertainment bought the theatre in 1992; this coincided with the successfulRoyal Court production ofAriel Dorfman 'sDeath and the Maiden The Rocky Horror Show
The theatre houses the producing offices of ATG Entertainment's subsidiarySonia Friedman Productions , whose revival ofIn Celebration Orlando Bloom played until 15 September 2007.
SingersRag'n'Bone Man andPink filmed their 2021 video forAnywhere Away From Here in the theatre.[ 4] [ 5]
[ edit ] After Mrs Rochester (22 July 2003 – 25 October 2003) by Polly TealeSweet Panic (12 November 2004 – 7 February 2004) byStephen Poliakoff Calico (3 March 2004 – 3 April 2004) by Michael HastingsThe Holy Terror (14 April 2004 – 8 May 2004) bySimon Gray Dirty Blonde (16 June 2004 – 28 August 2004) by Claudia ShearJourney's End R. C. Sherriff The Dresser Ronald Harwood , starringNicholas Lyndhurst andJulian Glover Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen , starringEve Best andIain Glen Tom, Dick and Harry (23 August 2005 – 29 October 2005) byRay Cooney andMichael Cooney , starring Joe, Stephen and Mark McGannI Am My Own Wife Jefferson Mays Embers (1 March 2006 – 24 June 2006) bySándor Márai , adapted byChristopher Hampton , starringJeremy Irons andPatrick Malahide Eh Joe Samuel Beckett , starringMichael Gambon Rock 'n' Roll Tom Stoppard , starringDavid Calder , Emma Fielding, Dominic West,Rufus Sewell , andNicola Bryant Little Shop of Horrors Alan Menken , starringSheridan Smith , Paul Keating andAlistair McGowan In Celebration David Storey , starringOrlando Bloom ,Tim Healy andLynda Baron Rent Remixed [ 6] Jonathan Larson , starringDenise Van Outen (succeeded on 24 December 2007 byJessie Wallace )The Magic Flute That Face Lindsay Duncan ,Hannah Murray andMatt Smith Under the Blue Sky David Eldridge , starringCatherine Tate ,Francesca Annis andDominic Rowan No Man's Land Harold Pinter , starringMichael Gambon ,David Bradley ,David Walliams andNick Dunning A View From the Bridge Arthur Miller , starringKen Stott Arcadia Tom Stoppard starringSamantha Bond ,Nancy Carroll ,Jessie Cave ,Trevor Cooper ,Sam Cox ,Lucy Griffiths , Tom Hodgkins,Hugh Mitchell ,Neil Pearson , George Potts,Dan Stevens andEd Stoppard Speaking in Tongues (18 September 2009 – 12 December 2009) byAndrew Bovell starringJohn Simm Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn Ghost Stories Jeremy Dyson andAndy Nyman starringAndy Nyman , David Cardy, Ryan Gage andNicholas Burns Journey's End R. C. Sherriff Backbeat Iain Softley andStephen Jeffreys , musical direction byPaul Stacey , and directed byDavid Leveaux .[ 7] All New People Zach Braff , directed by Peter DuBois, starringZach Braff ,Eve Myles ,Paul Hilton andSusannah Fielding .[ 8] Posh Royal Court Theatre )Jumpy (28 August 2012 – 3 November 2012) by April de Angelis, starringTamsin Greig Constellations (16 November 2012 – 5 January 2013) byNick Payne , starringSally Hawkins andRafe Spall (transfers from theRoyal Court Theatre )The Judas Kiss David Hare , starringRupert Everett andFreddie Fox (transfers from theHampstead Theatre )Passion Play Peter Nichols , starringZoë Wanamaker A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen , starringHattie Morahan Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense P. G. Wodehouse Neville's Island (10 October 2014 – 3 January 2015) byTim Firth , starringAdrian Edmondson ,Miles Jupp ,Neil Morrissey andRobert Webb The Nether (30 January 2015 – 25 April 2015) byJennifer Haley (transfer from the Royal Court Theatre)Hay Fever Noël Coward , starringFelicity Kendal Hetty Feather Jacqueline Wilson Farinelli and the King (29 September 2015 – 5 December 2015) byClaire van Kampen , starringMark Rylance (transfer from theSam Wanamaker Playhouse )Goodnight Mister Tom David Troughton The Father (1 March 2016 – 26 March 2016), starringKenneth Cranham Doctor Faustus Kit Harington [ 9] How the Other Half Loves Alan Ayckbourn The Dresser Ronald Harwood , starringKen Stott andReece Shearsmith The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams , starringCherry Jones Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour Ink (19 September 2017 – 6 January 2018) byJames Graham , starringBertie Carvel andRichard Coyle Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller , in a new version byRobert Icke , starringJuliet Stevenson andLia Williams The Moderate Soprano David Hare , starringRoger Allam andNancy Carroll King Lear William Shakespeare , starringIan McKellen Summer and Smoke Tennessee Williams , starring Patsy Ferran andMatthew Needham Home, I’m Darling Laura Wade , starringKatherine Parkinson Rosmersholm Henrik Ibsen , starringHayley Atwell andTom Burke The Girl on the Train (23 July 2019 – 17 August 2019)The Son (2 September 2019 – 2 November 2019) byFlorian Zeller , translated byChristopher Hampton Touching the Void David Greig [ 10] Blithe Spirit Noël Coward , starringJennifer Saunders (production closed early due toCOVID-19 pandemic )The Ocean at the End of the Lane The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams , starringAmy Adams A Different Stage Gary Barlow The Doctor Robert Icke , starringJuliet Stevenson Mother Goose Ian McKellen andJohn Bishop Shirley Valentine Willy Russell , starringSheridan Smith The Pillowman Martin McDonagh , starringLily Allen andSteve Pemberton Vanya (15 September 2023 – 21 October 2023) starringAndrew Scott An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen , in a new version byThomas Ostermeier , starringMatt Smith Shifters (12 August 2024 - 12 October 2024) by Benedict LombeBarcelona (21 October 2024 - 11 January 2025) byBess Wohl starringLily Collins andÁlvaro Morte Elektra Sophocles , translated byAnne Carson , starringBrie Larson Michael Grandage Company [ edit ] Jamie Lloyd Company [ edit ] Nearby Tube Stations [ edit ]
Who's Who in the Theatre , edited by John Parker, tenth edition, revised, London, 1947, pp. 1183–4.Guide to British Theatres 1750–1950 , John Earl and Michael Sell pp. 108–9 (Theatres Trust, 2000)ISBN 0-7136-5688-3
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