St James's Theatre

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West End theatre playhouse theatre

St James's Theatre was a prominent London West End playhouse known for staging notable 19th- and early 20th-century dramas and comedies before its demolition in the 1950s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
St James's Theatre canonical 1
St James's Theatre, London 1
St James’s Theatre 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West End theatre ⓘ
playhouse ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
architect Samuel Beazley ⓘ
associatedWith Herbert Beerbohm Tree ⓘ
surface form: Arthur Wing Pinero

George Alexander ⓘ
Gerald du Maurier ⓘ
Oscar Wilde ⓘ
city City of Westminster ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance important venue in London theatrical life ⓘ
demolishedIn 1950s ⓘ
demolitionDate 1957 ⓘ
demolitionReason redevelopment of the site ⓘ
eraOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus demolished historic theatre ⓘ
inauguralProduction Agnes de Vere ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century drama productions ⓘ
West End comedies ⓘ
early 20th-century drama productions ⓘ
society dramas ⓘ
languageOfPerformances English ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

St James's ⓘ
surface form: St James's, London

West End of London ⓘ
locatedOn King Street ⓘ
notableManager Benjamin Webster ⓘ
Fay Compton ⓘ
George Alexander ⓘ
Gerald du Maurier ⓘ
H. B. Irving ⓘ
John Braham ⓘ
Mrs John Wood ⓘ
notableProduction Diplomacy ⓘ
His House in Order ⓘ
Lady Windermere’s Fan ⓘ
surface form: Lady Windermere's Fan

The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
The Prisoner of Zenda ⓘ
The Rivals (stage) ⓘ
surface form: The Rivals

The Second Mrs Tanqueray ⓘ
openingDate 1835 ⓘ
region England ⓘ
seatingType proscenium arch theatre ⓘ
successorBuilding office block on King Street ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adventure Story → firstPerformedAt → St James's Theatre ⓘ
The Importance of Being Earnest → firstPerformancePlace → St James's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: St James's Theatre, London
Lady Windermere’s Fan → premiereLocation → St James's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: St James’s Theatre, London
Gladys Cooper → theatreCompany → St James's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: St James’s Theatre