History Of Lyceum Theatre London

Lyceum Theatre 21  Wellington Street, Westminster, London, WC2E 7DN, is the West End theater with seating capacity of 2000 people. The current location to open July 14, 1834, and designed the theater mainly Samuel Beazley, who gave the theater featured a unique of its kind in the balcony, which hangs on the circuit, but in 1882, rebuilt CJ Phipps, an engineer and the theater, the building partially and improvements. Building in existence today and still has a great front porch designed by Paisley, but the procedure remains the theater 

Bertie Crew in 1904 designed and restored in 1996 after being used for a long period of time as Hall Mecca. In the first few years of the theater saw the performance of the first modern English opera, "The Mountain Sylph" in the same year it opened. This performance was followed by "Rosamun fair" held in 1837, "Farinelli" in 1839 and "Blanche of Jersey," is shown in 1840. Michael Balfe enable theater from 1841 to 1843, and the production of the National Opera, but this proved to be unsuccessful. Became associated with the work of Charles Dickens theater at this time, and adaptation of "Chuzzlewit Martin" ran for more than 100 performances between 1844 and 1845. Able to Ms. Lucia Elizabeth Vestris theater from 1847 to 1855 and produced shows by James and Blanche conditioning "Tale of Two Cities" Tom Taylor. It was then run by Charles Fechter 1863 حتي 1867. In 1871, under manager Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman, and theatrical performances produced starring Sir Henry Irving. In 1874, "Hamlet" to run 200 nights with Irving in the title role. After the death of Pittman in 1878, Irving took the stage. During his tenure as director, and popular shows played several, including "The Merchant of Venice," "King Lear", and "much ado about nothing." 1904 saw the re-building internal theater, theater, music, and began providing a variety of offers, in an attempt to compete with the stadium, London, Palace Theatre. This, however, was not successful, and the theater and began, once again, drama and display accurately. In 1919, made more changes and drama continued to play for a period of 10 months of each year. In 1937, was converted to a movie theater, but only one film, "The Gang Show," has been found than ever before, in April 1937.

The following month, the space has been converted back to a place to live theater. City of London bought the building in 1939, planning to destroy it. After the war, was abandoned plans for demolition and re-open the building and the hall. During the 1960s and 1970s, space was used as a venue concert and television broadcasting. Theater closed in 1986. Owner Lessor Brent Walker space but in the end gave up the lease, allowing to restore the theater in 1996, was converted back into space in the theater with the capacity to provide musicals on a large scale or Opera. "Lion King" has been playing music since 1999.