 Duke
Of Yorks Theatre - 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 of 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. |
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