Apollo Theatre
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- This article is about the London theatre. For the theatre in Harlem, New York City, see Apollo Theater. For the concert venue in Manchester, see Carling Apollo Manchester. For the theatre in Chicago, Illinois see Apollo Theater Chicago.
| Apollo Theatre | |
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| Mamet's A Life in the Theatre starring Joshua Jackson in February 2005 | |
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| Designation | Grade II |
| Architect | Lewin Sharp |
| Owned by | Nimax Theatres |
| Capacity | 796, on 4 levels |
| Type | West End theatre |
| Opened | 21 February 1901 |
| Production | Glengarry Glen Ross |
| www.nimaxtheatres.com/apollotheatre.asp | |
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The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed[1] West End theatre, designed by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield and is located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. The fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street, it opened on February 21, 1901 with an American musical comedy entitled The Belle of Bohemia.
The first London theatre of the Edwardian period, it was renovated by Schaufelberg in 1932, and a private foyer and ante room was installed to the Royal Box. The sculpted work on the stone fascia is by T. Simpson, the building is of plain brick to the neighbouring streets. The theatre has a first floor central loggia. Inside there is a three galleried auditorium with elaborate plasterwork[1].
Productions at the theatre included the first performances of Edward German's Tom Jones in 1907. George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard managed the theatre from 1920 to 1923. Their productions included the stage version of George Du Maurier’s novel Trilby (1922) and Such a Nice Young Man by H. F. Maltby.
[edit] Selected production history
- Whispering Wires in 1927 with Henry Daniell as Barry McGill
- R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End (1928, with Laurence Olivier)
- I'm Not Rappaport (1986)
- Driving Miss Daisy (1988, with Wendy Hiller)
- Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1989, with Peter O'Toole)
- Terrence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea (1993)
- Side Man (2000)
- the female version of The Odd Couple (2001)
- Arthur Miller's The Price (2003)
- Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2006)
- Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke (2006, with Rosamund Pike)
- The Glass Menagerie (2007,with Jessica Lange)
- The Last Five Years (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ a b English Heritage listing accessed 28 Apr 2007
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