Wyndhams Theatre
Honour, starring Diana Rigg, at Wyndham's in 2006
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| Address | St. Martin's Court London, WC2 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′40″N 0°07′42″W / 51.511111°N 0.128222°W |
| Public transit |
 Leicester Square
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| Owner | Salisbury Estate |
| Operator | Delfont Mackintosh Theatres |
| Designation | Grade II* listed |
| Type | West End theatre |
| Capacity | 759 on 4 levels |
| Production | Kite Runner |
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| Opened | 16 November 1889 |
| Architect | W. G. R. Sprague |
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| Wyndham's Theatre page on the Delfont Mackintosh Theatres site | |
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c.1898 by W.G.R. Sprague, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916. It was designed to seat 759 patrons on three levels although later refurbishment increased this to four. The theatre was Grade II* listed by English Heritage in September 1960.
Wyndham had always dreamed of building a theatre of his own and through the admiration of a patron and the financial confidence of friends, he was able to realise his dream when Wyndham's Theatre opened on 16 November 1899, in the presence of the Prince of Wales. The first play performed there was a revival of T. W. Robertson's David Garrick.
In 1910, Gerald du Maurier began an association with the theatre which lasted 15 years and to include the stage debut of the screen actress Tallulah Bankhead. Du Maurier's small daughter, Daphne, often watched her father's performance from the wings. Thirty years later she presented her own play, The Years Between, on the same stage.
In April 1953 the theatre premiered Graham Greene's first play, The Living Room, with a cast including Dorothy Tutin. In January 1954, a small-scale musical pastiche, Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, which had begun life at the much smaller Players' Theatre, was moved to the Wyndham stage. It ran for 2,078 performances, before eventually transferring to Broadway. During the 60s and early 70s the theatre continued to provide a setting for stars such as Alec Guinness (Wise Child), Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg.
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