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The Gielgud Theatre, London
Terence Frisby's There's A Girl in my Soup opened here in 1966 and had a long run of 1,064 performances, a run that was not surpassed until Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of the comedy Daisy Pulls it Off opened in April 1983 and last 1,180 performances - this theatre's record for the longest run. In 1987 Peter Shaffer's sucessful play Lettice and Lovage opened, with Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack in the original cast, and run for 2 years. In 1992 a revival of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall opened here and enjoyed a successful run of 7 months, this production was then restaged in 1996 at the Haymarket Theatre before it then transferred to Broadway. The Gielgud Theatre is owned and managed by Delfont Mackintosh Theatres. In 2003 Sir Cameron Mackintosh announced plans to refurbish the theatre in 2006, including a joint entrance foyer with the adjacent Queen's Theatre facing on to Shaftesbury Avenue. |
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