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Designed in 1892 by Walter Emden and bearing the name Trafalgar Square, the theatre was renamed the Duke of York's three years later when the then manager received a letter from the treasurer indicating that the future King George V was desirous of the name change. Since then the theatre has seen many notable events - the inaugural flight of Peter Pan occurred on stage in 1904. Equity was founded here in 1920, Capitol Radio owned the building for a time, and Puccini was inspired to write Madame Butterfly after attending a performance of David Belasco's play on the same name. Not often seen but regularly heard is the theatre's ghost: a female figure dressed in black said to be 'Madame' the wife of the first owner, and who is suspected of causing a door, no longer in existence, to slam shut every night around ten.
Located at: St Martin's Lane,
London,
WC2N
Telephone: 020 7565 5000
Opens: Box Office Open 10:00am - 19.30pm.
Cost: Tickets £10 - £19.50 Matinees £8 - £15
Closest Subway Station: Leicester Square Station
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