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For others, see <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Prince of Wales Theatre (disambiguation)">Prince of Wales Theatre (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Prince of Wales Theatre</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg/250px-Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg/375px-Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg/500px-Prince_of_Wales_Theatre_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1763" data-file-height="2133" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Prince of Wales Theatre showing <i>Mamma Mia!</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; 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-0.13201</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus_tube_station" title="Piccadilly Circus tube station">Piccadilly Circus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Delfont_Mackintosh_Theatres" title="Delfont Mackintosh Theatres">Delfont Mackintosh Theatres</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">West End theatre</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,148 on 2 levels</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1884<span class="noprint">; 140 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1884-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rebuilt</th><td class="infobox-data">1937 (Robert Cromie)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Phipps" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles J. Phipps">C. J. Phipps</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/theatres/prince-of-wales-theatre">Prince of Wales Theatre website at Delfont Mackintosh Theatres</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Prince of Wales Theatre</b> is a <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Street" title="Coventry Street">Coventry Street</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a> in London. It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Mackintosh" title="Cameron Mackintosh">Cameron Mackintosh</a>, its current owner. The theatre should not be confused with the former <a href="/wiki/Scala_Theatre" title="Scala Theatre">Scala Theatre</a> in London that was known as the <i>Prince of Wales Royal Theatre</i> or <i>Prince of Wales's Theatre</i> from 1865 until its demolition in 1903. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phipps'_theatre"><span id="Phipps.27_theatre"></span>Phipps' theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Phipps' theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first theatre on the site opened in January 1884 when <a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Phipps" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles J. Phipps">C.J. Phipps</a> built the <b>Prince's Theatre</b> for actor-manager <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Bruce" title="Edgar Bruce">Edgar Bruce</a>. It was a traditional three-tier theatre, seating just over 1,000 people. The theatre was renamed the <b>Prince of Wales Theatre</b> in 1886 after the future <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VII of the United Kingdom">Edward VII</a>. Located between <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus" title="Piccadilly Circus">Piccadilly Circus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a>, the theatre was favourably situated to attract theatregoers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781,_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg/170px-Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg/255px-Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg/340px-Robert_Baddeley_as_Moses_in_Sheridan%27s_%27The_School_for_Scandal%27_c1781%2C_by_Johann_Zoffany.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_School_for_Scandal" title="The School for Scandal">The School for Scandal</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>The first production in the theatre was an 1884 revival of <a href="/wiki/W._S._Gilbert" title="W. S. Gilbert">W. S. Gilbert</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Truth" title="The Palace of Truth">The Palace of Truth</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree" title="Herbert Beerbohm Tree">Herbert Beerbohm Tree</a>, preceded by a one-act comedy, <i>In Honour Bound</i>. This was soon followed by a free adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Ibsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibsen">Ibsen</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House" title="A Doll's House">A Doll's House</a></i>, called <i>Breaking a Butterfly</i>. In 1885, <a href="/wiki/Lillie_Langtry" title="Lillie Langtry">Lillie Langtry</a>, reputedly the first "society" lady to become an actress, played in <i>Princess George</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_School_for_Scandal" title="The School for Scandal">The School for Scandal</a></i>. The first hit production at the theatre was the record-breaking <a href="/wiki/Comic_opera" title="Comic opera">comic opera</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_(opera)" title="Dorothy (opera)">Dorothy</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Marie_Tempest" title="Marie Tempest">Marie Tempest</a>, which was so successful that its authors used the profits to build the <a href="/wiki/Lyric_Theatre_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyric Theatre (London)">Lyric Theatre</a>, where it moved in 1888. The wordless mime play <i>L'Enfant Prodigue</i> premiered in 1891 which, together with <i>A Pierrot's Life</i> in 1897, brought respectability to mime troupes in Britain. On 23 December 1886, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Savile_Clarke" title="Henry Savile Clarke">Henry Savile Clarke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Slaughter" title="Walter Slaughter">Walter Slaughter</a>'s musical <i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(musical)" title="Alice in Wonderland (musical)">Alice in Wonderland</a></i> (the <a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">first major production of the <i>Alice</i> books</a>) debuted at the theatre, with <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Carlo" title="Phoebe Carlo">Phoebe Carlo</a> in the title role. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a> attended a performance seven days later.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Edwardes" title="George Edwardes">George Edwardes</a>' musical play, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Town_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="In Town (musical)">In Town</a></i>, often considered the first English <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical comedy</a>, was presented at the theatre in 1892 and was followed by Edwardes' even more successful <i><a href="/wiki/A_Gaiety_Girl" title="A Gaiety Girl">A Gaiety Girl</a></i> in 1893. In 1895, <a href="/wiki/Basil_Hood" title="Basil Hood">Basil Hood</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_Joe" title="Gentleman Joe">Gentleman Joe</a>, the Hansom Cabby</i> began a long run starring the low comedian, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Roberts_(comedian)" title="Arthur Roberts (comedian)">Arthur Roberts</a>, in the title role. The theatre then began to present straight plays with <a href="/wiki/Maeterlinck" class="mw-redirect" title="Maeterlinck">Maeterlinck</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelléas et Mélisande (play)">Pelléas et Mélisande</a></i> (1898, with <a href="/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(Faur%C3%A9)" title="Pelléas et Mélisande (Fauré)">incidental music by Fauré</a>) and Wills's adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Dickens" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickens">Dickens</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities" title="A Tale of Two Cities">A Tale of Two Cities</a></i> as <i>The Only Way</i> (1899, also starring Harvey). <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(stage_actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Hawtrey (stage actor)">Charles Hawtrey</a> starred in the successful <i>A Message from Mars</i> (1901). In 1900–01, Marie Tempest played the title roles in the play <i>English Nell</i> (based on Simon Dale's novel about <a href="/wiki/Nell_Gwynn" class="mw-redirect" title="Nell Gwynn">Nell Gwynn</a>), <i>Peg Woffington</i>, a dramatisation of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Reade" title="Charles Reade">Charles Reade</a>'s novel, as well as Becky Sharp in a dramatisation of <a href="/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" title="William Makepeace Thackeray">Thackeray</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(novel)" title="Vanity Fair (novel)">Vanity Fair</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg/170px-Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg/255px-Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg/340px-Cover_of_the_Vocal_Score_of_Sidney_Jones%27_King_of_Cadonia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="1081" /></a><figcaption>Cover of the Vocal Score of Sidney Jones' <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Cadonia" title="King of Cadonia">King of Cadonia</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>The theatre played more musical comedies beginning in 1903, including the <a href="/wiki/Frank_Curzon" title="Frank Curzon">Frank Curzon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Jay" title="Isabel Jay">Isabel Jay</a> hits <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Hook_of_Holland" title="Miss Hook of Holland">Miss Hook of Holland</a></i> (1907, its matinee version, <i>Little Miss Hook of Holland</i> was performed by children for children), <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Cadonia" title="King of Cadonia">King of Cadonia</a></i> (1908), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Balkan_Princess" title="The Balkan Princess">The Balkan Princess</a></i> (1910), and later the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> hits, <i>Broadway Jones</i> (1914), <i>Carminetta</i> (1917), and <i><a href="/wiki/Yes,_Uncle!" title="Yes, Uncle!">Yes, Uncle!</a></i> (1917). </p><p>The theatre then hosted plays such as <a href="/wiki/Avery_Hopwood" title="Avery Hopwood">Avery Hopwood</a>'s farce <i>Fair and Warmer</i> (1918) and <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Novello" title="Ivor Novello">Ivor Novello</a>'s <i>The Rat</i> (1924, Novello's first play, in which he also starred), and <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revues</a> including <i>A to Z</i> (1921), <i>Co-Optimists</i> (1923), and <i>Charlot's Revue</i> (1924). They starred <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence" title="Gertrude Lawrence">Gertrude Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buchanan" title="Jack Buchanan">Jack Buchanan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Lillie" title="Beatrice Lillie">Beatrice Lillie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jessie_Matthews" title="Jessie Matthews">Jessie Matthews</a>. Ms Matthews also starred, along with Richard Hearne, in "Wild Rose", featuring the memorable Jerome Kern song "<a href="/wiki/Look_for_the_Silver_Lining" title="Look for the Silver Lining">Look for the Silver Lining</a>". These were followed by <i>The Blue Train</i> (1927), <i>Alibi</i> (1928, directed by <a href="/wiki/Gerald_du_Maurier" title="Gerald du Maurier">Gerald du Maurier</a> with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot">Hercule Poirot</a>), <i>By Candlelight</i> (1928), and <i>Journey's End</i> (1929). In 1930, <a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> became the manager at the theatre, presenting and starring in <i>Delilah</i>, which was not a success. Beginning in 1932, the theatre presented a series of risqué "Folies"-style revues, including <i>Voila! Les Dames</i> (1935) and its last production, <i>Encore les Dames</i> (1937). These shows were so successful that they funded the rapid rebuilding of the theatre in 1937. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cromie's_theatre"><span id="Cromie.27s_theatre"></span>Cromie's theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cromie's theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg/170px-GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="210" data-file-height="239" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After 50 years, the theatre's 800 seats were deemed insufficient for productions of the day, and it was demolished. On 17 June 1937, <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a> sang to the workmen as she laid the foundation stone of the new <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a>-decorated theatre, designed by Robert Cromie, and the theatre opened on 27 October that year. The new theatre's seating capacity was about 1,100, and it had a larger stage and improved facilities for both the artists and the public, including a large, stylish stalls bar (the bar itself was 14 metres long), complete with dance floor. The first productions at the new theatre were <i>Les Folies de Paris et Londres</i>, starring <a href="/wiki/George_Robey" title="George Robey">George Robey</a>, followed by <i>Folies De Can-Can</i> in 1938, a continuation of the old theatre's series of successful risqué revues, which ran continuously until 2 am every night. The musical comedy, <i>Present Arms</i>, was offered in 1940, and in 1941 the theatre screened the UK premiere of <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Dictator" title="The Great Dictator">The Great Dictator</a></i>. The film had been banned in many parts of Europe, and the theatre's owner, Alfred Esdaile, was fined for showing it.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1943, <i>Strike a New Note</i> was notable for <a href="/wiki/Sid_Field" title="Sid Field">Sid Field</a>'s London debut, and he returned to the theatre in <i>Strike it Again</i> (1944), and yet again in <i>Piccadilly Hayride</i> (1946, a revue that ran for 778 performances).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, <i><a href="/wiki/Harvey_(play)" title="Harvey (play)">Harvey</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Coyle_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Coyle Chase">Mary Coyle Chase</a>'s comedy about an imaginary rabbit, was a success, as was <i>Diamond Lil</i> in 1948 starring <a href="/wiki/Mae_West" title="Mae West">Mae West</a>. In the 1950s, the theatre hosted variety and revues, starring such famous performers as <a href="/wiki/Norman_Wisdom" title="Norman Wisdom">Norman Wisdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benny_Hill" title="Benny Hill">Benny Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Green" title="Hughie Green">Hughie Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Howerd" title="Frankie Howerd">Frankie Howerd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" title="Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise</a>. </p><p>In 1958, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Delfont" title="Bernard Delfont">Bernard Delfont</a> and Michael Dorfman took over the lease of the theatre from <a href="/wiki/Moss_Empires" title="Moss Empires">Moss Empires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1959, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Osborn" title="Paul Osborn">Paul Osborn</a>'s <i>The World of Susie Wong</i> became the theatre's longest-running play to date with 832 performances. On 4 November 1963, <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> performed <a href="/wiki/From_Me_to_You" title="From Me to You">From Me to You</a>, <a href="/wiki/She_Loves_You" title="She Loves You">She Loves You</a>, <a href="/wiki/Till_There_Was_You" title="Till There Was You">Till There Was You</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Twist_and_Shout" title="Twist and Shout">Twist and Shout</a> at the Prince of Wales Theatre, during the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Variety Show">Royal Variety Show</a> in the presence of <a href="/wiki/The_Queen_Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen Mother">The Queen Mother</a> and her <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Margaret">younger daughter</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a>'s play, <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Blow_Your_Horn" title="Come Blow Your Horn">Come Blow Your Horn</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Crawford" title="Michael Crawford">Michael Crawford</a>, played in 1962, followed by a season of <a href="/wiki/Martha_Graham" title="Martha Graham">Martha Graham</a>'s dance company, including the world première of her ballet <i>Circe</i>. Next was a string of Broadway musicals, including <i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Girl_(musical)" title="Funny Girl (musical)">Funny Girl</a></i> in 1966 with <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Charity" title="Sweet Charity">Sweet Charity</a></i> (1967), and <i><a href="/wiki/Promises,_Promises_(musical)" title="Promises, Promises (musical)">Promises, Promises</a></i> (1969). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> was revived in 1972. In 1976, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Slade" title="Bernard Slade">Bernard Slade</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(play)" title="Same Time, Next Year (play)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> was a hit, as was <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_My_Wife" title="I Love My Wife">I Love My Wife</a></i> (1977), and <i><a href="/wiki/Bedroom_Farce_(play)" title="Bedroom Farce (play)">Bedroom Farce</a></i> (1978). In 1982, <i>Underneath the Arches</i> was a long-running hit. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aspects_of_Love" title="Aspects of Love">Aspects of Love</a></i> (1989) smashed all previous box-office records at the theatre, running for 1,325 performances. More recent productions are listed below. </p><p>Refurbishment was carried out in 2004 to increase the <a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">seating capacity</a> slightly to 1,160 seats and to modernise the theatre's facilities. New bars were added, the auditorium completely rebuilt, the backstage areas refurbished and the theatre's famous tower and exterior completely gutted and refurbished with new LED lighting and a crisp modern finish. </p><p>The theatre re-opened with <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>'s musical <i><a href="/wiki/Mamma_Mia!_(musical)" title="Mamma Mia! (musical)">Mamma Mia!</a></i> on 16 April 2004. On 18 August 2007, <i>Mamma Mia!</i> became the longest-running show at the time at the Prince of Wales, overtaking the previous record held by <i>Aspects of Love</i> with 1,326 performances. The production marked another landmark on Thursday 23 August 2007, celebrating its 3,500th performance since its 1999 world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Theatre" title="Prince Edward Theatre">Prince Edward Theatre</a> in Old Compton Street, London. The production left the theatre on 1 September 2012 and transferred to the Novello Theatre on 6 September 2012. </p><p>After a short run of <i><a href="/wiki/Let_It_Be_(musical)" title="Let It Be (musical)">Let it Be</a></i>, before it transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Theatre" title="Savoy Theatre">Savoy</a> for a short run, the theatre is now home to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> which has become the theatre's longest running musical.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, <i>The Book of Mormon</i> was forced to close in March 2020. On 2 August 2021, the theatre re-opened with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Windsors:_Endgame" title="The Windsors: Endgame">The Windsors: Endgame</a></i> based on the Channel 4 sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Windsors" title="The Windsors">The Windsors</a></i>. Due to <i>The Book of Mormon</i> reopening on 15 November 2021, <i>The Windsors</i> played its final performance on 9 October 2021. </p><p>On 6 June 2024 <i>The Book of Mormon</i> celebrated its 4,000th performance at the theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The theatre was <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">grade II listed</a> by <a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> in April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_productions">Notable productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rat_(play)" title="The Rat (play)">The Rat</a></i> (9 May – 13 September 1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Caribbean_Rhapsody&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Caribbean Rhapsody (page does not exist)">A Caribbean Rhapsody</a> </i> (6 May - 1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paul_Daniels" title="Paul Daniels">It's Magic</a></i> (10 December 1980 – 6 February 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> (20 January 1988 – 14 January 1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aspects_of_Love" title="Aspects of Love">Aspects of Love</a></i> (17 April 1989 – 20 June 1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical)" title="Annie Get Your Gun (musical)">Annie Get Your Gun</a></i> (November–December 1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Copacabana_(musical)" title="Copacabana (musical)">Copacabana</a></i> (23 June 1994 – 9 September 1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Joe%27s_Cafe_(revue)" title="Smokey Joe's Cafe (revue)">Smokey Joe's Cafe</a></i> (23 October 1996 – 3 October 1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Side Story (musical)">West Side Story</a></i> (January–December 1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> (December 1999 – January 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fosse_(musical)" title="Fosse (musical)">Fosse</a></i> (8 February 2000 – 6 January 2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_of_Eastwick_(musical)" title="The Witches of Eastwick (musical)">The Witches of Eastwick</a></i> (23 March – 27 October 2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Full_Monty_(musical)" title="The Full Monty (musical)">The Full Monty</a></i> (March–October 2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> (October 2002 – March 2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cliff_%E2%80%93_The_Musical" title="Cliff – The Musical">Cliff – The Musical</a></i> (March–June 2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mamma_Mia!_(musical)" title="Mamma Mia! (musical)">Mamma Mia!</a></i> (9 June 2004 – 1 September 2012) – moved to <a href="/wiki/Novello_Theatre" title="Novello Theatre">Novello Theatre</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Let_It_Be_(musical)" title="Let It Be (musical)">Let It Be</a></i> (14 September 2012 – 19 January 2013) – moved to <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Theatre" title="Savoy Theatre">Savoy Theatre</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> (25 February 2013 – 16 March 2020, reopened 15 November 2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Windsors:_Endgame" title="The Windsors: Endgame">The Windsors: Endgame</a></i> (2 August – 9 October 2021)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nearby_tube_stations">Nearby tube stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nearby tube 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarroll1979" class="citation book cs1">Carroll, Lewis (1979). <i>The Letters of Lewis Carroll, Volumes 1-2</i>. Oxford University Press. p. 657. <q>Dec. 30th.—To London with M—, and took her to "Alice in Wonderland," Mr. Savile Clarke's play at the Prince of Wales's Theatre... as a whole, the play seems a success.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Letters+of+Lewis+Carroll%2C+Volumes+1-2&rft.pages=657&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1979&rft.aulast=Carroll&rft.aufirst=Lewis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPrince_of_Wales_Theatre2007" class="citation cs2">Prince of Wales Theatre (2007), <i>Theatre Programme, Mama Mia!</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Theatre+Programme%2C+Mama+Mia%21&rft.date=2007&rft.au=Prince+of+Wales+Theatre&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Many sketches and reviews from these shows appeared in the first British TechniColour film, <i>London Town</i> (1946)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater">"Prince of Wales' Film Policy Not Permanent"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. 3 September 1958. p. 11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Prince+of+Wales%27+Film+Policy+Not+Permanent&rft.pages=11&rft.date=1958-09-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fvariety212-1958-09%2Fpage%2Fn10%2Fmode%2F1up%3Fview%3Dtheater&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDenette" class="citation web cs1">Denette, Kelsey. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/West-End-MAMMA-MIA-Will-Move-to-the-Novello-Theatre-20111013">"West End's MAMMA MIA! Will Move to the Novello Theatre"</a>. <i>BroadwayWorld.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BroadwayWorld.com&rft.atitle=West+End%27s+MAMMA+MIA%21+Will+Move+to+the+Novello+Theatre&rft.aulast=Denette&rft.aufirst=Kelsey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Farticle%2FWest-End-MAMMA-MIA-Will-Move-to-the-Novello-Theatre-20111013&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/the-book-of-mormon-reaches-4000-performances-in-the-west-end-go-behind-the-scenes_1604544/">"The Book of Mormon reaches 4000 performances in the West End – go behind the scenes"</a>. 6 June 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Mormon+reaches+4000+performances+in+the+West+End+%E2%80%93+go+behind+the+scenes&rft.date=2024-06-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatsonstage.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-book-of-mormon-reaches-4000-performances-in-the-west-end-go-behind-the-scenes_1604544%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071015191322/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=473926">"Detailed Record"</a>. 15 October 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=473926">the original</a> on 15 October 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Detailed+Record&rft.date=2007-10-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagesofengland.org.uk%2Fdetails%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fpid%3D2%26id%3D473926&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrince+of+Wales+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_of_Wales_Theatre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Guide to British Theatres 1750–1950</i>, John Earl and Michael Sell p. 133 (Theatres Trust, 2000) <link 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