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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Henry Gordon Jago]] acquired the New Regency Theatre in the [[1890s]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]''), having sold the [[Palace Theatre]] as a result of the scandal following the [[Magnus Greel|Weng-Chiang]] incident in [[1889]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]''). | [[Henry Gordon Jago]] acquired the New Regency Theatre in the [[1890s]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]''), having sold the [[Palace Theatre]] as a result of the scandal following the [[Magnus Greel|Weng-Chiang]] incident in [[1889]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]''). | ||
The theatre was equipped with [[electricity]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'') | |||
In the 1890s, the theatre was refurbished and renovated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]'') | In the 1890s, the theatre was refurbished and renovated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Higson & Quick (audio story)|Higson & Quick]]'') | ||
There was a [[Robin Hood]] [[pantomime]] performed at the theatre. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'') | |||
Jago made [[phonograph]] recordings of certain performances at the theatre. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mind Games (audio story)|Mind Games]]'', ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]'') | Jago made [[phonograph]] recordings of certain performances at the theatre. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mind Games (audio story)|Mind Games]]'', ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]'') | ||
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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]]'') | ||
In [[2011]], the ghost of the New Regency Theatre possessed [[Alice (Swan Song)|Alice]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Swan Song (audio story)|Swan Song]]'') | |||
=== Théâtre de Fantasie === | === Théâtre de Fantasie === | ||
