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4 unusual facts about Royal Strand Theatre


John Sleeper Clarke

Among his favourite parts were as Timothy Toodle in William E. Burton's The Toodles, which ran for 200 nights at the Strand Theatre, and two roles from plays by George Colman "the Younger": Dr. Pangloss in The Heir-at-law, and Dr. Ollapod in The Poor Gentleman.

Marie Dainton

At the Strand Theatre in London in 1902 she appeared in the successful musical play A Chinese Honeymoon.

Royal Strand Theatre

The theatre became the Strand Theatre in 1850, and for a while in 1851 was owned by William Robert Copeland, and known as Punch's' Playhouse and Marionette Theatre.

On the death of Robert Barker, in 1806, his younger brother, Henry Aston Barker took over management of the Leicester Square rotunda.



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