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2 unusual facts about Century Theatre


A Provincial Lady

Written in 1850, it was first produced in January 1851 at a benefit performance for the seminal 19th-century Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin at the Maly Theatre in Moscow.

Nineteenth-century theatre

The revolving stage was introduced to Europe by Karl Lautenschläger at the Residenz Theatre, Munich in 1896.


Flore Revalles

During her stay in America Revalles appeared in two Broadway productions, Miss 1917, a musical revue that had a fair run at the Century Theatre before the theatre fell into bankruptcy, and the Shubert Brothers’ 1919 hit musical extravaganza Monte Cristo, Jr., playing the multiple roles of Yvonne, Haydee and Diamonda, over its near year long run at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Theatre games

The theatre games tradition is a method of training actors that was developed in the 20th century by practitioners such as Joan Littlewood, Viola Spolin, Clive Barker, Keith Johnstone, Jerzy Grotowski and Augusto Boal.


see also

A Company of Swans

She joins the Company and they practice for a week in Century Theatre before leaving for Manaus, where they will perform Giselle, Swan Lake, La Fille Mal Gardee, and Casse Noisette (The Nutcracker).

Marc Breaux

In 1949 he appeared on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate at the New Century Theatre in New York City and in 1958 he appeared in Li'l Abner at the St. James Theatre, also in New York City.

Stenborg Theatre

The Stenborg theatre, also called Svenska Komiska Teatern, Komiska Teatern and Munkbroteatern, was a historical Swedish 18th century theatre, active between 1784 and 1799 in Gamla stan in Stockholm.

The Cockpit

Cockpit Theatre, a 17th-century theatre in London (also known as the Phoenix)