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The Peacock Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Portugal Street, near Aldwych. The 1,037-seat house is an important venue for dance performances in London, as well as conferences, seminars, pop concerts and award ceremonies. the stage is approximately 36 feet by 33 feet. // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the...
The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ...
Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. ...
History
The magnificent London Opera House was originally built on the site and opened on November 13, 1911. It was built by Bertie Crewe for Oscar Hammerstein II with a large 44'8" by 78' stage and had a capacity of 2,660. From 1914-15, the house was known as the National Theatre of England, until it was purchased by Oswald Stoll in 1916 and renamed the Stoll Theatre and, for a time, as the Stoll Picture Theatre, housing Cine Variety until the 1950s. Rose Marie played at the Stoll Theatre in 1942, followed by Kismet, Porgy and Bess and Stars on Ice in 1947. Joan of Arc at the Stake was produced in 1954. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ...
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Bertie Crewe (died 10 January 1937 in London) was one of the leading theatre designers of the UK in the boom of 1885 to 1915 // Partly trained by Frank Matcham, Crewe and his contemporaries W.G.R. Sprague and Thomas Verity, were together responsible for the majority - certainly more than...
For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ...
Sir Oswald Stoll (20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was a British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre empire. ...
Rose Marie (born August 15, 1923) is an actress who had a career as a child star under the name Baby Rose Marie but is best known for her adult role as Sally Rogers in the The Dick Van Dyke Show. ...
Kismet is a musical written in 1953 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin. ...
The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ...
The theatre closed in 1957 and was demolished. The present, smaller theatre was built and christened The Royalty Theatre in 1960, located on the basement level of an office building. It was the first West End theatre to be built since the Saville Theatre in 1931. The MGM film Ben Hur played at the theatre in 1961. Mutiny on the Bounty played next, and the theatre was then equipped for screening Cinerama films and became London's third Cinerama theatre (the others being the Casino Cinerama and the Coliseum Cinerama). The theatre only premièred one Cinerama film, The Golden Head, however. In 1966, the house returned to live theatre use. The Royalty Theatre's only successes were a run of the hit Oh Calcutta and a hit production of Bubbling Brown Sugar in the late 1970's. Spectacular 'follies' style shows and 'drag' shows didn't find an audience, and the theatre became used as a TV studio for This is Your Life, but was later bought by the London School of Economics and renamed the Peacock Theatre. // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the...
Oh! Calcutta! was a long-running theatrical revue, debuting off-Broadway in 1969, created by British critic Kenneth Tynan. ...
Bubbling Brown Sugar was a Tony-nominated musical that debuted on Broadway on March 2, 1976. ...
This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by Ralph Edwards, which originally aired in the United States from 1952 to 1961, and again from 1972 on NBC. It originated as a radio show airing from 1948 to 1952 on NBC Radio. ...
A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ...
When Sadler's Wells determined to build its new theatre in 1996, the company moved to the Peacock Theatre. After the new Sadler's Wells Theatre opened in 1998, the Peacock became a dance venue for the company. The Rat Pack played at the theatre in 2002, and Doldrum Bay premièred here in 2003. The house is now shared between the London School of Economics (during the day) and Sadler's Wells evening dance productions. Currently Jump is playing at the theatre. The theatre is reputed to be haunted.[1] 28 Mar 2007 Sadlers Wells theatre, 2005 Sadlers Wells Theatre is located on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London. ...
A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ...
References
See also This is a list of entertainment venues in London. ...
This is a general list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals and film musicals, whose titles fall into the A-L alphabetic range. ...
This is a List of notable musical theatre productions that have been performed on Broadway. ...
The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ...
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