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The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, named after the stage actor David Garrick. [2] It opened in 1889 with The Profligate, a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and another Pinero play, The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, was an early success at the theatre.
The Garrick Theatre was a 910-seat theatre built in 1890 and located on 67 West 35th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Francis Hatch Kimball, it was commissioned by Edward Harrigan, who also managed the theatre, originally named Harrigan's Theatre, until 1895. Richard Mansfield took over from Harrigan, renaming it the Garrick.
It was briefly known as the Dearborn Theater from 1898 to 1903, until finally settling on the name Garrick Theater. After German investors backed out of the project in the late 1890s, it ceased its German performances, and exhibited touring stage shows.
The theatre was sold in 1957 to Essoldo Cinemas, opening on 21 January of that year with the film Love Me Tender. After a brief period as the Essoldo, the name reverted to the Garrick Theatre. From May 1962 no live shows were staged. [3] [4] It became a bingo hall in 1963; from 1984 it was a Top Rank bingo club, later becoming Mecca Bingo.
The play ran at the Garrick for more than 260 performances [4] before a long tour of the United States. [9] Sherlock Holmes moved on to London's Lyceum Theatre in September 1901. [1] [4] During the London leg of the tour, a 13-year-old Charlie Chaplin played Billy the pageboy. [4] [7] [12] The play finally closed after 200 performances. [4]
The Garrick Cinema (periodically referred to as the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre, Andy Warhol's Garrick Cinema, Garrick Theatre, or Nickelodeon) was a 199-seat movie house [4] at 152 Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
The play made its world premiere at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End from 7 July and played a limited season through 16 September 2023. The production was directed by Sean Foley and starred Al Murray as King Charles II, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Mel Giedroyc, Aidan McArdle, Neil Morrissey, Joe Thomas and Tanvi Virmani.
Garrick Theatre (Philadelphia) (1901–1936), 1,561-seat theatre designed by Willis G. Hale Garrick Theatre, Southport (built 1932), a former theatre, cinema and bingo hall in Southport, Merseyside Garrick Theatre (Stockport) (founded 1901), oldest "little theatre" in the U.K.