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| There are about 50 commercial theatres in London's West End, with the majority being centered around the Shaftesbury Avenue area. In the Greater London area outside the West End there are approximately another 50. In addition many theatres, music halls etc have closed over the years. If you would like to learn more about any of the theatres illustrated here, or indeed any of London's theatres, we recommend a visit to www.arthurlloyd.co.uk, a super website with theatre histories, memorabilia and some old and new photographs. |
| The Empire, Leicester Square - a postcard mailed in 1906. (Z) |
| The Garrick Theatre on the Charing Cross Road. (Z) |
| The Duke of York's Theatre, just across the road from the Coliseum. (Z) |
| The Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square. This building was demolished in 1936. (Z) |
| Wyndham's Theatre on the Charing Cross Road. (Z) |
| The Prince of Wales Theatre on Coventry Street. |
| The St James' Theatre. (Z) |
| His Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket - an undated postcard. |
| A super postcard of Daly's Theatre in Leicester Square. (Z) |
| An Early 20th Century postcard of the Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus. |
| A view of the old Chiswick Empire. |
| The old Chiswick Empire in the early 1900s. |
| Catford Hippodrome. |
| The Gaiety Theatre, posted in 1910. |
| The Aldwych Theatre. (Z) |
| The London Opera House in Kingsway. |
| An Edwardian postcard of the Waldorf Theatre - now the Novello. |
| A good quality image of the Aldwych showing the Gaiety, and the Waldorf Theatre and Hotel. |
| The Drury Lane Theatre. |
| The Broadway Theatre, New Cross. |
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| The London Pavilion. (Z) |
| First opened on 22nd May 1905, the theatre was originally called the Waldorf Theatre until 1909 when it became known as the Strand. See the postcards of the Aldwych and Waldorf above ! |
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| The Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus. |
| Another view of the Gaiety Theatre and the Strand. |
| Leicester Square and the Alhambra Theatre. (Z) |
| The Opera House, Covent Garden. |
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| The Grand Theatre, Fulham, which was demolished in 1958. |
| Listen to "Me and My Girl" or some old Music Hall songs whilst having a look at our old postcards. |
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| Another postcard of the Gaiety. |
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