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____________________________________________________________________________________________ Trafalgar Studios, Whitehall, London, SW1. Formerly The Whitehall Theatre
Above - The Trafalgar Studios during the run of 'Bent'
in October 2006.
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Left -Programme for 'Afterwards' by Walter Hackett, which opened at the Whitehall Theatre in 1933 and ran for 208 performances.
The Theatre became famous in the 50s and 60s for being the home of Brian Rix's 'Whitehall Farces'. This began with a play called 'Reluctant Heroes' which opened in September of 1950, and ended in 1971 when Paul Raymond bought the lease of the Theatre. In the late 70s Raymond turned the Theatre into a kind of tourist museum called 'The Theatre Of War' without permission and got into serious trouble with Westminster Council as a result. A successful Public Inquiry followed, supported by the newly formed Save London's Theatres Campaign, and the Theatres Trust, which eventually went against Paul Raymond and has helped to preserve the status of Theatre buildings in London ever since. Right - Programme for 'Worm's Eye View' by R. F. Delderfield, a phenomenally successful production which opened at the Whitehall Theatre on the 18th of December 1945 and ran for 500 performances and returned in 1947 to run for a furthur 1,745 performances.
Left - Programme for 'Glorious Morning' at the Whitehall Theatre in 1938. After 'Rat Pack Confidential closed in 2003 the Theatre had a major, but reversible, conversion to the newly renamed Trafalgar Studios. This involved splitting the Theatre into two Studio Spaces, one above the other, and creating a 380 seat auditoria in the original Dress Circle and extending this level down to the front of the stage; Studio One, and a new intimate 100 seat auditoria in the space which was formerly the Stalls area underneath the Dress Circle; Studio Two. The new Trafalgar Studios' Studio One opened with a production of 'Othello' by the Royal Shakespeare Company on the 3rd of June 2004, and in October 2006 is currently home to 'Bent' by Martin Sherman. |
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