Designed by Sprague, this theatre is one of a pair (the other being the Ambassadors next door) commissioned by Richard Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke, an aristocrat and politician with an interest in theatre, whose descendants still (part-)own the theatre. The design includes an owner's box with a retiring room behind, accessible direct from the street. The Mousetrap moved from the Ambassadors into St Martins in 1974 and (2015) has not moved since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Martin's Theatre
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The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap The world's longest running play had its 50th anniversary perf...
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Richard D'Oyly Carte
Theatre impresario. Born Greek Street. Suggested that Sullivan should work on Gilbert's "Trial by Jury" and staged the first performance in 1875. In 1879 D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company was formed and...
5 memorials
Julian Middleton
Architect for the performing arts sector. His projects include the Tara Theatre, the Northern Stage in Newcastle, the restoration of Waterford Theatre Royal, the Chickenshed Theatre and the origina...
1 memorial
Saint Joan
Play by George Bernard Shaw. Joan's canonisation in 1920 may have suggested the topic to Shaw. The premiere was in New York in December. The London premiere was in March 1924 with Sybil Thorndik...
1 memorial
Christopher Marlowe
Playwright and poet, for definite. Spy? Atheist? Homosexual? Shakespeare? Baptized on 26th February at St George's Church, Canterbury. Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His plays inclu...
3 memorials
Brendan Behan
Poet, writer, playwright. Born Dublin. Irish republican and, aged 16 - 23, volunteer in the IRA. He once described himself as a "a drinker with a writing problem". Collapsed in a Dublin bar and die...
1 memorial
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London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
281 memorials
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