Duke of York's Theatre

Coordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°07′39″W / 51.51°N 0.1275°W / 51.51; -0.1275
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Duke of York's Theatre
Trafalgar Theatre
The Trafalgar
West End Theatre
Capacity640 on 3 levels
(900 on 4 levels in 1892)
ProductionJonathan Pie: Heroes and Villains
Construction
Opened10 September 1892; 131 years ago (1892-09-10)
ArchitectWalter Emden
Website
[1]https://www.thedukeofyorks.com/

The Duke of York's Theatre is a

King George V.[1]

The theatre's opening show was comic opera The Wedding Eve by

Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up debuted on 27 December 1904. Many famous British actors have appeared here, including Basil Rathbone, who played Alfred de Musset in Madame Sand
in June 1920, returning in November 1932 as the Unknown Gentleman in Tonight or Never.

The theatre was

Capital Radio and it closed in 1979 for refurbishment. It reopened in February 1980 and the first production under the patronage of Capital was Rose, starring Glenda Jackson. In 1991 comedian Pat Condell performed sketches at the theatre which were later released on DVD.[3]

The Ambassador Theatre Group bought the theatre in 1992; this coincided with the successful Royal Court production of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. A host of successes followed including the 21st anniversary performance of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show and the Royal Court Classics Season in 1995.

The theatre is the London headquarters of the Ambassador Theatre Group, as well as the producing offices of their subsidiary Sonia Friedman Productions, whose revival of In Celebration starring Orlando Bloom played until 15 September 2007.

Singers Rag'n'Bone Man and Pink filmed their 2021 video for Anywhere Away From Here in the theatre.[4][5]

Recent, current and future productions

Michael Grandage Company

Jamie Lloyd Company

Nearby Tube Stations

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duke of York's Theatre.
  1. ^ Violet Melnotte (1855–1935) D'Oyly Carte, Who Was Who (Boise State University) accessed 11 October 2007
  2. ^ English Heritage listing details accessed 28 April 2007
  3. ^ "Barf Bites Back! (VHS) (1991)". Amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Rag'n'Bone Man & P!nk – Anywhere Away from Here (Official Video)". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Rag'n'Bone Man collaborates with P!nk on latest single 'Anywhere Away from Here'". 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ – Rent posts early closing notices. – IndieLondon, 2007.
  7. ^ "Official Duke of York's Theatre Website", Ambassador Theatre Group, accessed 22 August 2011.
  8. ^ "All New People". All New People. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Doctor Faustus", accessed 29 February 2016.
  10. ^ "West End transfer announced", accessed 14 May 2019
  • 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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