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____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London, SW1 Formerly The Little Theatre in the Haymarket / Theatre Royal in the Haymarket / Haymarket Theatre
Above - The Theatre Royal Haymarket during the run of 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers' in October 2006.
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Left - Souvenir Programme for J. M. Barrie's 'The Little Minister' which opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1897. The Theatre had a few successes over the following years, namely 'The Supernatural' and 'Tom Thumb' but it was often closed too. When Henry Fielding took over the management of the Theatre with his 'Great Mogul's Company of Comedians' he put on a series of ever cruder pieces which eventually led to the censorship laws being introduced in 1737. |
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Above - The Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1897 - From a Programme for J. M. Barrie's 'The Little Minister' which opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket that year. Notice the original Theatre, converted to shops, is still to be seen to the left of the Second.
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Left and Right - Programmes for 'Frocks and Frills' and 'Joseph Entangled' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket during Cyril Maude and Frederick Harrison's period as managers between 1896 and 1905. This Patent came about after Foote had injured his leg after being persuaded to ride an unrideable horse on stage by guests of Lord Mexborough. His leg had to be amputated afterwards and the Patent was granted as a way of appeasing him.
Left - Programme for 'The Blue Bird' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1910. Right - Programme for 'The Dover Road' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1922. |
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Above - Postcard of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, dated 1906. Notice the original Theatre, converted to shops, is still to be seen to the left of the Second.
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Left - Programme for J. M. Barrie's 'Mary Rose' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket which opened in 1920 and ran for 399 performances. Right - Programme for 'Cousin Kate' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the 1920s. The new Theatre Royal in the Haymarket was a success, one production 'Cherry Ripe' ran for 114 performances, which was a long run for the period, another caused a sensation when a woman was employed to play the part of Falstaff in 'the Merry Wives Of Windsor' Julia Glover had previously also played Hamlet in 1821 at the Lyceum Theatre. Phelps first appeared there in 1837, and Macready in 1840, and by 1843 the Theatre was so successful that it was apparently acknowledged as 'being the equal of Drury Lane.'
Left - Programme for 'The Great Adventure' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1924. Right - Programme for 'Quality Street' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1921. A fifteen year old Ellen Terry performed there in 1863 in a production celebrating the Eastern tour of the Prince of Wales, and in 1873 matinees were introduced, an afternoon performance beginning at 2pm which had first begun at the Gaiety Theatre in the Strand and has been the bane of Actors and crew alike ever since, although audiences naturally approve.
Left - Programme for Ivor Novello's 'Comedienne' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1938. Beerbohm Tree took over in 1887 until he moved across the street to the newly built Her Majesty's Theatre in 1896, and opened that Theatre in April 1897. Her Majesty's was built by Tree from the profits of 'Trilby' which opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1895 and ran for 260 performances. In 1893 the first production of Oscar Wilde's 'A Woman of no Importance' and 'An Ideal Husband' were first produced at the Haymarket Theatre. |
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Right - Programme for Noel Coward's 'Design For Living' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1939. Left - Programme for 'The Chalk Garden' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1956. The Theatre was extensively refurbished in 1994 at a cost of £1.3m when vast amounts of Gold Leaf were replaced, the 1821 stage and roof trusses were reinforced, the auditorium ceiling by Joseph Harker was cleaned and restored, new carpet, upholstery, and hand blocked wallpapers were replaced in the auditorium, the marble was polished and air conditioning installed. The capacity in 2006 is 903 on three levels. |
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Above - The Theatre Royal Haymarket during the run
of 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers' The Theatre Royal Haymarket went from strength to strength and has had numerous successes over the following years, all too many to mention here. In 2006 the Theatre is owned by Louis I Michaels Ltd and the Theatre's own website can be found here... |
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Adelphi Aldwych Apollo Apollo Victoria Arts Cambridge Comedy Criterion Dominion Drury Lane Duchess Duke Of Yorks Fortune Garrick Gielgud Haymarket Her Majesty's London Coliseum London Palladium Lyceum Lyric New Ambassadors New London Noel Coward / Albery Novello Old Vic Palace Peacock Phoenix Piccadilly Playhouse Prince Edward Prince of Wales Queen's Royal Opera House Savoy Shaftesbury St. Martin's Trafalgar Studios / Whitehall Vaudeville Victoria Palace Wyndham's
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