The Noël Coward Theatre, formerly known as the Albery Theatre, is a

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in St. Martin's Lane in the

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, London. It opened on 12 March 1903 as the New Theatre and was built by Sir Charles Wyndham behind Wyndham's Theatre which was completed in 1899. The building was designed by the architect W. G. R. Sprague with an exterior in the classical style and an interior in the

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style. In 1973, it was renamed the Albery Theatre in tribute to Sir Bronson Albery who had presided as its manager for many years. Since September 2005, the theatre has been owned by Delfont-Mackintosh Ltd. It underwent major refurbishment in 2006 and was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre when it re-opened on 1 June 2006. The building is a Grade II Listed structure.

History

Early years, 1903–1919

The New was the second of the three theatres in St Martin's Lane. The Trafalgar Square (now the Duke of York's) opened in 1892 and the London Coliseum in 1904. The actor-manager Charles Wyndham, who had been based at the Criterion Theatre for more than twenty years, moved in 1899 to the larger Wyndham's Theatre which he commissioned in

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. To build Wyndham's, he had been obliged to buy a larger parcel of land than he required, and in 1901 he was in negotiations to sell the area he did not need. When negotiations fell through, he decided to build another theatre on the vacant site. This plot fronting on St Martin's Lane is bounded on one side by St Martin's Court, which also runs behind the theatre. While the theatre was in planning and then under construction it was referred to simply as "the new theatre", and the name stuck. The street adjacent to it is called New Row. Albery theatre london postcard

The theatre, like Wyndham's, was designed by the architect W.G.R. Sprague, and was the thirtieth theatre he designed. A contemporary report described the front elevation as "of the free classic order … at once dignified and effective". As at Wyndhams, the auditorium is constructed on the cantilever principle, rendering columns unnecessary and ensuring unimpeded views. The internal decoration was based on French designs from the 18th century. Over the

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there is a gilt trophy emblematic of peace and music.Mander and Mitchenson (1975), p. 12 The New Theatre opened on 12 March 1903 with a brief season consisting of a revival of ''Rosemary'' – a play by Louis N. Parker and Murray Carson, starring Wyndham and his partner (later wife) Mary Moore – and a special matinée of Wyndham's best-known production, '' David Garrick''. The following month Johnston Forbes-Robertson transferred his production of '' The Light that Failed'' from the Lyric, after which there were seasons featuring Mrs Patrick Campbell and then Cyril Maude. Fred Terry and Julia Neilson played an annual season of about six months at the New from 1905 to 1913, including many revivals of their great success, '' The Scarlet Pimpernel''. Between these seasons, productions at the New Theatre included ''Amasis'', a comic opera by Frederick Fenn and Philip Michael Faraday (1906), with Ruth Vincent, and ''Count Hannibal'' (1910). In 1911, Terry presented ''

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'' and ''

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'' to introduce his daughter Phyllis to the stage. Between then and the

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, the theatre featured comedies and musical comedies.Mander and Mitchenson (1975), p. 13 Dion Boucicault Jr., became manager in December 1915 and opened with a revival of '' Peter Pan'', revived each Christmas season until 1919. He produced a series of successes including new plays by Somerset Maugham, J. M. Barrie, Arthur Wing Pinero and A.A. Milne. Leon M. Lion presented a season in 1918–19 in which Katharine Cornell made her only appearance on the London stage, playing Jo in a dramatisation of '' Little Women''.

1920s

'' I'll Leave It to You'', in 1920, was Noël Coward's first staged play, and ran at the New for 37 performances. Matheson Lang was associated with the New for several years, presenting and playing in Shakespeare and modern dramas. The London premiere of Bernard Shaw's '' St. Joan'' starring

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followed in 1924.Mander and Mitchenson (1975), pp. 14–15 In July 1925, Robert Atkins took over management of the New, presenting Israel Zangwill's ''We Moderns''. The following year and for most of 1927 the New was home to a dramatisation of Margaret Kennedy's ''The Constant Nymph'', which ran for 587 performances, starring first Coward and then the young John Gielgud as Lewis Dodd. Towards the end of the decade, two comedies by P. G. Wodehouse and Ian Hay – ''A Damsel in Distress'' (1928), and ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1929) ran for 234 and 115 performances respectively.

1930s

In February 1933, Gielgud began a period of management at the theatre. He produced and starred in Gordon Daviot's, '' Richard of Bordeaux'', which ran for 472 performances. He followed this in June 1934 with the same author's ''Queen of Scots'' starring Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, which ran for 106 performances. In November 1934, he presented ''

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'', which ran for 155 performances. After works by Hugh Walpole and Andre Obey, Gielgud presented a revival of ''Romeo and Juliet'' which had the longest run on record for that play: 186 performances. Peggy Ashcroft played Juliet and Edith Evans was the Nurse; Laurence Olivier played Romeo, and Gielgud Mercutio for the first part of the run and then exchanged roles. Gielgud concluded with Chekhov's ''

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'', directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky, a production that, according to ''The Times'' showed the play as "among the supreme masterpieces of the theatre". After Gielgud's tenure, there was more Shakespeare at the New: ''As You Like'' with Edith Evans and Michael Redgrave; '' The Taming of the Shrew'' with Evans and Leslie Banks; and ''

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'' with Olivier and Judith Anderson (all 1937).

1940s

During the

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, The Old Vic was badly damaged by German bombs, and Sadler's Wells Theatre was requisitioned as a refuge for those made homeless by air-raids. The drama company of the former and the opera and ballet companies of the latter toured nationally throughout the war, and Bronson Albery, stepson of Charles Wyndham through Mary Moore, managing director of the New Theatre, made it available to all three companies as a London base, although in practice the Old Vic company occupied the theatre more than the Sadler's Wells companies. The theatre historians Mander and Mitchenson single out productions of '' The Beggar's Opera'', '' King John''. ''

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'' and ''Hamlet'' (with Robert Helpmann in the title role). In 1944, with the end of the war in sight, a reconstituted Old Vic company took possession of the New, starring Ralph Richardson, Olivier and Thorndike. The repertory that year comprised

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's ''

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'', Shaw's '' Arms and the Man'', Shakespeare's ''

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'' and Chekhov's '' Uncle Vanya''. Between Old Vic seasons, Robert Morley and Wendy Hiller starred in a Regency drama, '' The First Gentleman'', which ran for 654 performances. The 1945 Old Vic company season added '' Henry IV, Parts I and II'' and a celebrated double bill of '' Oedipus'' and ''

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''. In September 1946, ''

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'' and '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' were staged. Under a different management,

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's ''The Gioconda Smile'' was a success in 1948–49, running for 655 performances.

1950s and 1960s

In 1950, '' The Cocktail Party'' by T.S. Eliot began a run of 325 performances. From later in the decade, Mander and Mitchenson single out Vivian Ellis's musical version of J. B. Fagan's ''And So to Bed'' (1951, 323 performances); ''The Young Elizabeth'' (1952, 498 performances);

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in Shaw's '' The Millionairess'' (1952); Yvonne Arnaud in ''Dear Charles'' (1952, 466 performances); Dorothy Tutin in '' I Am a Camera'' (1954, 343 performances); a comedy about bigamy, ''The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker'' (1955, 421 performances); Leslie Caron in Colette's ''Gigi'' (1956); ''

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'' (1956, 250 performances); '' Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1957); Charles Laughton in ''The Party'' (1958); '' The Rose Tattoo'' (1959); Peter O'Toole in '' The Long and the Short and the Tall'' (1959); and the Theatre Royal Stratford East's ''Make Me an Offer'' (1959).Gaye, pp. 1530–1540Mander and Mitchenson (1975), p. 16 In June 1960, '' Oliver!'', the

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musical based on '' Oliver Twist'', was first produced, and ran until September 1966, a total of 2,618 performances. ''

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'' reported that its run had broken the previous West End records – ''

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'' (2,282) and '' Salad Days'' (2,283). The last years of the decade brought shorter runs to the New. They included ''Jorrocks'', a musical (1967, 181 performances); Gwen Watford and

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in ''Howards End'' (1967, 137); Roy Dotrice playing multiple roles in the comedy ''World War 2'' (1967, 166); the Prospect Theatre Company's production of Farquhar's '' The Constant Couple''; '' Spring and Port Wine''; Paul Scofield in John Osborne's ''The Hotel in Amsterdam''; the controversial '' Soldiers'' by Rolf Hochhuth in December 1968, and in April 1969 ''Anne of Green Gables'', a new musical with Polly James in the lead.

1970s onward

A 1970

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production of Dion Boucicault's '' London Assurance'', directed by Ronald Eyre, with Donald Sinden as Sir Harcourt Courtly, Roger Rees as Charles, Judi Dench as Grace and Dinsdale Landen as Dazzle, transferred to the New Theatre in 1972 for a year, prior to its 1974 run in New York. (Sinden received the 1975 Drama Desk Special Award for the Broadway run.)Who's Who in the Theatre, 17th edition (1981), A revival of '' Oliver!'' ran from 1977 to 1980 In 1981, '' Children of a Lesser God'' won the Olivier Awards (then known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards) for Best New Play and for actors Trevor Eve and Elizabeth Quinn. Among some of the 1990s productions was the 1994 revival of Turgenev's '' A Month in the Country'' starring Helen Mirren and John Hurt. In the 2000s the theatre played host to several Shakespeare productions including a production of '' Twelfth Night'' set in India with an entirely Asian cast. The production played to packed houses and only closed as the

themselves had exclusive rights to perform their annual London season of Tragedies there. Between December 2004 and April 2005, they presented ''

'', '' Romeo & Juliet'', ''

'', ''

'' and a brand new production of Euripides' '' Hecuba'' starring Vanessa Redgrave. On 8 June 2005, Dion Boucicault's Victorian melodrama '' The Shaughraun'' opened; however, its success at the

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was not repeated in London and it closed on 30 July. A dark period of around three months followed before the theatre was transferred to the ownership of Delfont Mackintosh Limited and reopened in October 2005 with The Right Size's new production '' Ducktastic!''. Once again this failed to live up to expectations and closed just three weeks after opening on 19 November 2005. A short Christmas season of Patrick Stewart's one-man version of

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'' played from 6 to 31 December 2005, before the theatre hosted the Edinburgh International Festival hit drama '' Blackbird'' starring Roger Allam. The award-winning play Enron (directed by Rupert Goold, starring Samuel West and Tim Pigott-Smith) transferred here after a sellout run at the Royal Court. The European premiere of the Broadway hit, '' Avenue Q'', started previewing on 2 June 2006 and had its opening night on 28 June 2006, finally closing on 28 March 2009 prior to transferring to the Gielgud Theatre. Following a production of '' Deathtrap'', directed by

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and starring Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff, the theatre became the home of jukebox musical '' Million Dollar Quartet'' in February 2011.

Other productions since 2000

* '' Endgame'' (10 March 2004 – 1 May 2004) by

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, starring Lee Evans and

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* '' Suddenly Last Summer'' (14 May 2004 – 31 July 2004) by Tennessee Williams, starring

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* '' Twelfth Night'' (26 August 2004 – 30 October 2004) by

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, starring Raza Jaffrey and Kulvinder Ghir * The

's ''

'' (23 November 2004 – 11 December 2004) by William Shakespeare, starring Toby Stephens * ''Peter Pan – 100 Years of Peter Pan'' (19 December 2004) by JM Barrie * The Royal Shakespeare Company's ''

'' (21 December 2004 – 8 January 2005) by William Shakespeare * The Royal Shakespeare Company's ''

'' (18 January 2005 – 5 February 2005) by William Shakespeare, starring Corin Redgrave * The Royal Shakespeare Company's ''

'' (16 February 2005 – 5 March 2005) by William Shakespeare * The Royal Shakespeare Company's '' Hecuba'' (7 April 2005 – 7 May 2005) by Tony Harrison, adapted from Euripides, starring Vanessa Redgrave * '' The Shaughraun'' (8 June 2005 – 30 July 2005) by Dion Boucicault * '' Ducktastic!'' (19 October 2005 – 19 November 2005) by Sean Foley and Hamish McColl * ''Celebration –

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'' (1–3 December 2005) by Harold Pinter * ''

'' (7 December 2005 – 31 December 2005) by Patrick Stewart, adapted from

, starring Patrick Stewart * '' Blackbird'' (13 February 2006 – 13 May 2006) by David Harrower, starring Roger Allam and Jodhi May * '' Avenue Q'' (28 June 2006 – 28 March 2009) * '' Calendar Girls'' (13 April 2009 – 9 January 2010) * ''

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'' (26 January 2010 – 14 August 2010) * '' Deathtrap'' (7 September 2010 – 15 January 2011) by Ira Levin, starring Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff * '' Million Dollar Quartet'' (28 February 2011 – 14 January 2012) * ''

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'' (23 February 2012 – 2 June 2012) by

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starring Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally and Olivia Colman * ''Gatz'' (13 June 2012 – 15 July 2012) * ''

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'' (8 August 2012 – 15 September 2012) by William Shakespeare (RSC transfer starring Paterson Joseph, Ray Fearon, Jeffery Kissoon and Cyril Nri) * ''

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'' (22 September 2012 – 27 October 2012) by William Shakespeare (RSC transfer starring Meera Syal) * '' Uncle Vanya'' (5 November 2012 – 10 November 2012) (performed in Russian with English subtitles) * '' The Full Monty'' (25 February 2014 – 29 March 2014) * '' Good People'' (19 April 2014 – 14 June 2014) starring Imelda Staunton * '' Shakespeare in Love'' (25 July 2014 – 18 April 2015) * '' Death of a Salesman'' (13 May 2015 – 18 July 2015) by Arthur Miller (RSC transfer starring Antony Sher and Harriet Walter) * ''Impossible'' (24 July 2015 – 29 August 2015) * ''

'' (9 December 2015 – 30 January 2016) by Charles Dickens, adapted by Patrick Barlow, starring Jim Broadbent * '' Mrs Henderson Presents'' (16 February 2016 – 18 June 2016) starring Tracie Bennett * '' Impossible'' (13 July 2016 – 27 August 2016) * '' Half A Sixpence'' (17 November 2016 – 2 September 2017) * '' Labour of Love'' by James Graham (3 October 2017 – 2 December 2017) starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig * '' Girl from the North Country'' (11 January 2018 – 24 March 2018) * ''

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'' (10 April 2018 – 16 June 2018) by James Graham * ''

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'' by

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(4 July 2018 – 8 September 2018) starring Aidan Turner * '' The Inheritance'' (13 October 2018 – 5 January 2019) by Matthew Lopez, starring John Benjamin Hickey and Vanessa Redgrave * ''

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'' (12 February 2019 – 11 May 2019) starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James * '' The Night of the Iguana'' (16 July 2019 – 28 September 2019) by Tennessee Williams, starring

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and Anna Gunn *'' Dear Evan Hansen'' (19 November 2019 – 22 October 2022), starring Sam Tutty *'' The Comeback'' (8 December 2020 – 15 December 2020 and 10 July 2021 – 31 July 2021) *'' Best of Enemies'' (14 November 2022 – 18 February 2023) starring David Harewood and Zachary Quinto *'' The Great British Bake Off Musical'' (25 February 2023 – 13 May 2023) *'' Patriots'' (26 May 2023 – 19 August 2023) by Peter Morgan, starring Tom Hollander *'' The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' (11 October 2023 – 25 November 2023) by

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, adapted by Joel Horwood, starring Charlie Brooks *'' The Motive and the Cue'' (9 December 2023 – 23 March 2024) by Jack Thorne, directed by

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, starring

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and Johnny Flynn *''Player Kings'' (1 April 2024 – 22 June 2024) by Robert Icke, starring Ian McKellen *'' Slave Play'' (29 June 2024 – 21 September 2024) by Jeremy O. Harris, starring Fisayo Akinade, Kit Harington, Aaron Heffernan and Olivia Washington * ''Dr. Strangelove'' (8 October 2024 – 21 December 2024) by Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley, starring Steve Coogan *'' A Streetcar Named Desire'' (3 February 2025 – 22 February 2025) by Tennessee Williams, starring

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and Patsy Ferran *''The Last Laugh'' (25 February 2025 – 22 March 2025) by Paul Hendy, starring Bob Golding, Simon Cartwright and Damian Williams *'' The Importance of Being Earnest'' (18 September 2025 – 10 January 2026) by

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, starring Olly Alexander

The Michael Grandage Company

* '' Privates on Parade'' by Peter Nichols (10 December 2012 – 2 March 2013) starring Simon Russell Beale * '' Peter and Alice'' by John Logan (25 March 2013 – 1 June 2013) starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw * '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' by

(18 June 2013 – 31 August 2013) starring Daniel Radcliffe * ''

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'' by

(17 September 2013 – 16 November 2013) starring Sheridan Smith and David Walliams * '' Henry V'' by William Shakespeare (3 December 2013 – 15 February 2014) starring

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* '' Photograph 51'' by Anna Ziegler (14 September 2015Nicole Kidman Returns To The West End In Photograph 51
London Theatre Direct. Quoted: 24 April 2015. – 21 November 2015) starring Nicole Kidman

Mischief Theatre

* ''The Comedy About Spies'' (14 April 2025 – 5 September 2025)

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