St. Martins Theatre, London, 2002

St Martin's Theatre was desgned as a pair of theatres with the New Ambassadors Theatre by W.G.R. Sprague in memorium for the 9th Baron Willoughby de Broke Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (638x907, 517 KB) [edit] Summary Yjis is cdfl [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): The Mousetrap St Martins Theatre Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (638x907, 517 KB) [edit] Summary Yjis is cdfl [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): The Mousetrap St Martins Theatre Metadata This file contains additional... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Ambassadors, as it was originally known, and St Martins were conceived by their architect, W.G.R. Sprague, as companions, born at the same time in 1913, but World War I interrupted the construction of the latter for three years. ... Aldwych Theatre W.G.R. Sprague (born 1863 in Australia; died 1933 in Maidenhead) was a theatre designer in the grand age. ... The title Baron Willoughby de Broke is a barony by writ in the Peerage of England. ...

Nurtured at an early age through amateur theatricals at Compton Verney, the family seat in Warwickshire, and later developed during the time he spent in London, both as an MP for Rugby, and as a member of the House of Lords. It was his intention to devote a chapter of his autobiography "The Passing Years" to Drama, but he died before it's completion. His interest was translated into action when in association with B.A.(Bertie) Meyer, who commissioned theatre architect W.G.R. Sprague to design the St Martin's. Originally intended to be one of a pair with the adjacent Ambassadors which opened in l913, the St Martin's debut was delayed by the outbreak of World War I: the first performance of Houpla took place on 23 November 1916. Compton Verney is a small village 2km north-west of Kineton, in Warwickshire and was originally an extra parochial Liberty. The first record of a settlement at Compton Verney was the late Saxon village of Compton. ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced /ˈwɒɹɪkˌʃə/, /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/, or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von Hötzendorf İsmail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bertie Meyer, who was so closely involved in the St Martin's in the early days, ran the theatre intermittently from 1916 to 1967, when his son R.A.(Ricky) took over. Ricky was the administrator for twenty years until his retirement in 1987; he remained as a consultant until his death in 1991 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" transferred in March 1974 - it is still there, now holding a World Record Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), better known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... The Mousetrap is a play by Agatha Christie that started off as a short radio play called Three Blind Mice in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. It began a record-shattering run on the London stage on 25 November 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre and... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...

External links

• Theatre decsription at "The Mousetrap" website
• Theatre History