The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home for both drama and comedy when it opened with the war play "Tunnel Trench" in 1929. Prominent productions have included the 1936 London debut of T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" and Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" in 1942.
Architect: Ewen Barr, opened 1929. One of the smallest proscenium arch theatres in the West End.
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Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home f...
This, the second English purpose-built playhouse was erected very close to the first, The Theatre, and run by the same man, Burbage. Not named for the modern drape on a proscenium arch, but for it...
Playwright, actor and director. He trained and performed as an actor before taking up writing. His first play to be produced in London's west-end, 'The Birthday Party' was received with almost univ...
This verse play by TS Eliot concerning the murder of Becket, had its London premiere at The Duchess Theatre in 1936.
Actor-manager. Born at 27 Church Row, the last and fifth child of George du Maurier. As a child he would pose for his father's drawings. A close associate of J M Barrie he was the first actor to pl...
Its layout is based on the former Rose Theatre in Southwark. The front rows have no seats, but instead of standing space for 'groundlings', patrons bring their own cushions. A plaque at the entranc...
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