Garrick Theatre
West End theatre in London, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the West End theatre in London. For other uses, see Garrick Theatre (disambiguation).
The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, named after the stage actor David Garrick.[2] It opened in 1889 with The Profligate, a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and another Pinero play, The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, was an early success at the theatre. In its early years, the Garrick appears to have specialised in the performance of melodrama. The theatre later became associated with comedies, including No Sex Please, We're British, which played for four years from 1982 to 1986.
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Address | Charing Cross Road London, WC2 United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 51.509722°N 0.128056°W / 51.509722; -0.128056 |
Public transit | Charing Cross; Leicester Square Charing Cross |
Owner | Nimax Theatres |
Designation | Grade II* |
Type | West End theatre |
Capacity | 718[1] on 3 levels (currently) 800 on 4 levels (originally) |
Production | For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy |
Construction | |
Opened | 24 April 1889; 134 years ago (1889-04-24) |
Architect | Walter Emden, with C. J. Phipps |
Website | |
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