Original Stage Machinery

• Thunder Run

Equipment

1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics: Strand Light Console. Dimmers - 152 (109 x 2kW, 28 x 2.4kW, 15 x 3kW); 7 presets; no groups. Circuits - FOH 32; Flies 84; Stage dips 27. Socket type - 15A BESA. Total capacity available - 1000A on 3 phases. Special effects supply - 200A on 1 phase. Follow spots - 2 sunspots in rear of Balcony. 

Links to information about equipment at His Majestys Theatre over the years

• JTM (Strand)
• STM (Strand)
• Light Console (Strand)

Documents

Her Majestys Theatre - Arthur Lloyd 
[External Website]
From Arthur Lloyd website

His Majestys Theatre 
[External Website]
From Historic Theatre Photographs

Poster - Television Night (March 1939)
[External Website]
From Victoria & Albert Museum

Dimmer banks at Her Majesties Theatre (1954)
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From John Gray Photo Collection

Photo: One of the two main dimmer banks - Her Majesties Theatre (1954)
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From John Gray Photo Collection

[13] Circuit Relay Panel - Her Majestys Theatre (1954)
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From John Gray Photo Collection

[13] John Gray at the Light Console at Her Majesties Theatre (1954)
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From John Gray Photo Collection

[13] The Light Console at Her Majesties Theatre (1954)
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From John Gray Photo Collection

Audio Recording of Strand Mechanical Dimmers at Her Majestys Theatre on their last night (March 1978)
[Youtube Video]
From Hugh Chinnick Collection

The Phantom of the Opera (October 1986)
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From Rob Halliday Collection

Unusual prepares Her Majestys Theatre for Phantom return (June 2021)
[External Website]

Mentions of His Majestys Theatre in indexed documents

Operette at the Opera House, Manchester (1938)

1933 - British Pathe

Past Productions / History

Information from official history website See also the Theatres Trust page about Her Majesty's [php snippet=10]

• May 2023 - Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, the theatre was renamed His Majesty's Theatre. 
• The Phantom of the Opera (July 2021 - )
• 2020 - Following the unplanned closure of venues due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus in March 2020, a large-scale refurbishment of the stage took place. 
• 1994 - A major building refurbishment, including a new roof, is completed without missing a single performance of The Phantom of the Opera
• The Phantom of the Opera (1986 - 2020)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1985) transferred from Chichester Festival Theatre, featuring Donald Sinden
• Bugsy Malone (May 26 1983 - Feb 11 1984) the first stage version
• Amadeus (1981) transferred from the National Theatre, featuring Frank Finlay as Salieri, for a 15 month run
• The Streets of London (21 October 1980 - 31 January 1981) by Dion Boucicault
• On the Twentieth Century (?April 1980) starring Julia McKenzie & Keith Michell
• Rookery Nook (1979/80)
• Secret Policeman's Ball (27–30 June 1979) benefit in aid of Amnesty International - performances didn't begin until late into the evening, after the 7.30pm performance had finished. 
• The Matchmaker (Opens August 30 1978, closed October 14 1978) by Thornton Wilder
• The Travelling Music Show (Previews from 16 March 1978, opened 28 March 1978) 112 performances starring Bruce Forsyth. Directed by Burt Shevelove. 
• The dimming system was completely replaced at this point - see above for audio recording of the last night of the mechanical dimmers. 
• Cause Celebre (4 July 1977 - 4 March 1978) starring Glynis Johns
• Godspell (10 May 1977 - 18 June 1977) 98 performances (Revival, produced by Cameron Mackintosh)
• Fire Angel (24 March 1977 - 7 May 1977) 42 performances
• Toad of Toad Hall (22 December 1976 - 15 January 1977) Matinee performances during the run of Ipi Tombi
• A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick) (1-3 April 1976) in aid of Amnesty International - three nights of comedy directed by Jonathan Miller. The shows were filmed and released as 'Pleasure at Her Majesty's'
• Ipi Tombi (19 November 1975 - March 16 1977) 712 performances. Transferred to Cambridge Theatre. 
• Thomas and the King (16 October 1975) 33 performances
• Jeeves (22 April 1975) 38 performances ?
• West Side Story (19 December 1974) 334 performances (first West End revival)
• The Good Companions (1 July 1974) 275 performances
• Pirandello's Henry IV (20 February 1974 - ?) starring Rex Harrison & Yvonne Mitchell
• Pippin (30 October 1973 - ?) 85 performances
• Applause (1972) starring Lauren Bacall
• Company (18 January 1972 - 4 November 1972) 344 performances
• Ambassador (19 October 1970) - 86 performances
• Fiddler on the Roof (1967) featuring Topol as Tevye and Miriam Karlin as Golde
• Lock Up Your Daughters (1962)
• Bye Bye Birdie (1961)
• West Side Story (12 December 1958 - June 1961) the original London production, featuring George Chakiris as Riff
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (1954) featuring Eli Wallach
• Paint Your Wagon (1953) 
• Brigadoon (1949) featuring Noele Gordon
• Edward My Son (1947) Robert Morley & Peggy Ashcroft
• Funny Side Up (11 January 1940 - ) Produced, Written by and Starring Stanley Lupino. Also starring Florence Desmond, Sally Gray, Freddie Carpenter's Dancers. Decor by Doris Zinkeisen. 
• Magyar Melody (20 January 1939 - ) Full performance televised on March 27th 1939
• The Boy David (1936) J M Barrie's final play
• The Happy Hippocrite (1936) featuring Ivor Novello and Vivien Leigh
• Falstaff (1935) featuring the comedian George Robey
• Conversation Piece (1934) by Noel Coward
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1933) featuring Lady Tree, aged 70 years, returning to her husband's theatre
• The Good Companions (1931) featuring John Gielgud as Inigo Jollifant
• Bitter Sweet (1929)
• Hassan (1923) Henry Ainley & Isabel Jeans in Basil Dean's production
• Chu Chin Chow (1916) produced by and starring Oscar Asche - run of 2238 performances
• Pygmalion (1914) George Bernard Shaw's original production, featuring Mrs Patrick Campbell
• 1904 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree instigated a drama school in his flat under the copper dome of the roof (known as the Dome Room) which eventually became the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
• The Last of the Dandies (1901) featuring Beau Brummell. Sarah Bernhardt also featured in a season of French dramas.
• Twelfth Night (1901) featuring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Malvolio
• Seats of the Mighty (1897)
• 1897 - Theatre opens, managed by actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree.