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The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden. ==History== The theatre was designed for the brothers Walter and Frederick Melville by Bertie Crewe and opened on 26 December 1911 with a production of ''The Three Musketeers'', as the ''New Prince's Theatre'', becoming the Prince's Theatre in 1914. It had a capacity of 2,392 and a stage 31' 10" wide by 31' deep. The Prince's was the last theatre to be built in Shaftesbury Avenue, and is located near New Oxford Street, perhaps explaining the many gaps between performances in its early years. It had considerable success with an 18-week season of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, presented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in 1919. These became a regular attraction at the theatre in the 1920s, interspersed with runs of theatre productions transferred from other venues. Basil Rathbone appeared at the Prince's Theatre in May 1933 when he played Julian Beauclerc in a revival of ''Diplomacy''. ''The Rose of Persia'' was revived at the theatre in 1935. The D'Oyly Carte returned in 1942. The theatre was sold to EMI in 1962, and became the Shaftesbury Theatre the following year. Broadway productions that transferred to the theatre for long runs in the 1960s included ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1962)and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (1963). Part of the ceiling fell in on 20 July 1973, forcing the closure of the long-running musical ''Hair'', after 1,998 performances. The theatre almost fell victim to redevelopment, but a campaign by Equity succeeded in having the theatre placed on the 'Statutory List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest', and the theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in March 1974.〔(English Heritage listing details ) accessed 28 April 2007〕 The theatre reopened with ''West Side Story'' a year later. Long runs in the 1980s included ''They're Playing Our Song'' (1980) and ''Follies'' (1987). The next decade included long runs of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1992), ''Eddie Izzard: Definite Article'' (1995) and ''Rent'' (1998). During the redevelopment of the Royal Opera House in nearby Covent Garden in the late 1990s, the theatre was booked as an alternative London venue for performances including Benjamin Britten's ''Paul Bunyan''. A series of musicals followed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shaftesbury Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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