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For other uses, see Queen's Theatre (disambiguation).
Queen's Theatre
The musical Les Misérables transferred to the Queens Theatre in March 2004 after its run at the Palace Theatre
Address
Shaftesbury Avenue
City
Westminster, London
Designation Grade II
Owned by Delfont Mackintosh
Capacity 989 on two levels (current)
1200 on two levels (intended)
Type West End theatre
Opened 8 October 1907
Production Les Misérables
www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/theatres/queens
Coordinates: 51°30′43″N 0°07′58″W / 51.511944, -0.132778
Queen's Theatre by day
Queen's Theatre by day

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The Stage on 10 October 1907 described the theatre as

A two-tier house, the Queen's holds about 1200 persons, representing some £300 in money. The Stage is a weekly British Newspaper founded in 1880 available nationally and published on Thursdays Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The colour scheme of the walls and roof is white and gold, while green is the hue of the carpets, hangings and upholstery, and of the very charming velvet tableau curtain. From a spacious and lofty entrance-hall, with passages leading down into the stalls, one ascends by a handsome marble staircase to the dress circle, which runs out over the pit; and there is a fine and roomy saloon at the top. Mr Vedrenne makes a point that 7/6 will be charged for seats in the first three rows only of the dress circle, while but 5/- will be the price of the remaining eight rows, also unreserved, in which evening dress will be optional. John Eugene Verdenne (1867-1930 often known as J E Vedrenne, was a West End theatre producer who co-managed the Savoy Theatre with Harley Granville-Barker On the second tier of the Queen's, which is in the Old Italian Renaissance style and in the building of which the cantilever principle has been adopted, are the upper circle and the shilling gallery. The auditorium is lighted up agreeably with electric lamps and an electrolier, and ample refreshment room and other accommodation will be found to have been provided[1]

The Queen's Theatre has seen such talents as Edith Evans, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Daniell, Basil Rathbone, John Gielgud, Noel Coward, Kenneth Branagh, Marlene Dietrich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire, Alec Guinness, Fiona Shaw and Maggie Smith. Dame Edith Mary Evans DBE ( 8 February 1888 &ndash 14 October 1976) was an actress who had a long and distinguished career on the George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Henry Daniell ( March 5, 1894, London, England – October 31, 1963, Santa Monica Basil Rathbone, MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967 was a South African-born English Actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is an Emmy Award -winning Academy Award -nominated Northern Irish Actor Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE ( 5 April, 1929 – 26 December, 2001) was an English Actor, perhaps best Jane Lapotaire (born 26 December 1944) is a British Actress born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 &ndash 5 August 2000 was an English Actor. Fiona Shaw, CBE (Hon (born 10 July 1958 is a leading Irish Actress who regularly appears in London theatre, although to international audiences Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage Recent notable shows at the Queen's include the Tony award winning musical Contact; Cyberjam, a production by the Emmy and Tony Award winning creators of Blast!; and The Taming of the Shrew. Blast! is a Broadway production created by James Mason and Cook Group Incorporated the director and organization formerly operating the Star of Indiana

Since April 2004, the theatre has played host to Cameron Mackintosh's production of Les Misérables which transferred after 18 years at the nearby Palace Theatre. Les Misérables ( in French, le mize'ʁaːbl colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed The musical celebrated its 20th anniversary at the venue on 8th October 2005 and overtook Cats as the longest running musical of all time a year later on 8th October 2006 [2]. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T

The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972[3]. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of

Recent and present productions

References

  1. ^ Theatre history at Arthur Lloyd site accessed 23 Aug 2007
  2. ^ BBC News
  3. ^ English Heritage listing details accessed 28 Apr 2007

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