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[[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] once attended a play at the theatre, which was a source of great pride to Jago. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]'') | [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] once attended a play at the theatre, which was a source of great pride to Jago. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]'') | ||
Jago owned the theatre until his death. Sometime later, the ballet ''Swan Lake'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] was first performed at the New Regency Theatre. It was a huge success, selling out the theatre for months. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'') | In the 1890s, the theatre was refurbished and renovated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]'') | ||
Jago owned the theatre until his death. Sometime later, the ballet ''[[Swan Lake]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] was first performed at the New Regency Theatre. It was a huge success, selling out the theatre for months. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'') | |||
At 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]], the theatre was destroyed in the [[The Blitz|Blitz]] during [[World War II]], as was the hotel next to it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'', ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'') | At 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]], the theatre was destroyed in the [[The Blitz|Blitz]] during [[World War II]], as was the hotel next to it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'', ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'') | ||
[[Category:London theatres and movie theatres]] | [[Category:London theatres and movie theatres]] | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 22 October 2014
The New Regency Theatre was a London theatre, active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
History
Henry Gordon Jago acquired the New Regency Theatre in the 1890s (AUDIO: The Theatre of Dreams), having sold the Palace Theatre as a result of the scandal following the Weng-Chiang incident in 1889 (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang).
Queen Victoria once attended a play at the theatre, which was a source of great pride to Jago. (AUDIO: The Theatre of Dreams)
In the 1890s, the theatre was refurbished and renovated. (AUDIO: Higson & Quick)
Jago owned the theatre until his death. Sometime later, the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was first performed at the New Regency Theatre. It was a huge success, selling out the theatre for months. (AUDIO: Swan Song)
At 8:47 p.m. on 12 October 1940, the theatre was destroyed in the Blitz during World War II, as was the hotel next to it. (AUDIO: Swan Song, Chronoclasm)
