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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Savoy Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Haymarket Theatre, Royal Opera House, Players' Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, London, Vaudeville Theatre, London Palladium, Adelphi Theatre, Palace Theatre, London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Playhouse Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre, Garrick Theatre, Gielgud Theatre, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wyndham's Theatre, Criterion Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, Duchess Theatre, Aldwych Theatre, Apollo Theatre, Victoria Palace Theatre, Duke of York's Theatre, Peacock Theatre, Noel Coward Theatre, Queen's Theatre, Novello Theatre, Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, Ambassadors Theatre, Piccadilly Theatre, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, Prince Edward Theatre, Comedy Theatre, Arts Theatre, Lyric Theatre, London, Fortune Theatre, Coliseum Theatre, Jermyn Street Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre, St Martin's Theatre, Soho Theatre, Carlton Theatre. Excerpt: Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre, in Haymarket, City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the theatre. In the early decades of the 20th century, Tree produced spectacular productions of Shakespeare and other classical works, and the theatre hosted premieres by major playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw, J. M. Synge, Noel Coward and J. B. Priestley. Since World War I, the wide stage has made the theatre suitable for large-scale musical productions, and the theatre has specialised in hosting musicals. The theatre has been home to record-setting musical theatre runs, notably the World War I sensation Chu Chin Chow and the current production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, which has played continuously at Her Majesty's since 1986. The...
