London Theatres (New Edition)

Peter Dazeley FRPS, known as Dazeley, is a celebrated London photographer renowned for fine art and advertising  photography. His work has won many awards from organisations across the world, including the Association of Photographers and the Royal Photographic Society in the UK, EPICA in France, Applied Arts Magazine in Canada, and Graphis Inc. in the USA. Dazeley is a member of the Association of Photographers and a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and is the photographer of Unseen London, London Uncovered, London Theatres (all Frances Lincoln). One of the country’s most respected drama critics, Michael Coveney has written about theatre for over three decades, as staff critic on the Financial Times, Observer and Daily Mail. His books include a history of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre and biographies of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dame Maggie Smith.

“According to the recently published new edition of Michael Coveney and Peter Dazeley’s seriously splendid book London Theatres, we’re promised massively enhanced technical facilities at Drury Lane, not least the ability to transform the auditorium into a 2,000-seat in-the-round space. Its Regency splendour restored, tiered levels of seating curved and the stalls seats brought forward for greater intimacy, the building’s every space within and without has been transformed. Coveney’s text is shot through with historical detail but his commentary is, above all, a labour of love, while Dazeley’s exquisitely evocative photographs of these pleasure palaces are frankly ravishing. Unless you happen to own one or more of these architectural jewels, you’ll never have the opportunity to see them in such glorious, glowing detail. Since we currently can’t enjoy them in person, get your hands on a copy and revel in what awaits us when theatre returns.”

• Foreword by Mark RylanceIntroduction  Grandes DamesRoyal Opera House; London Coliseum; Palace Theatre; Theatre Royal Haymarket; Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Her Majesty’s Theatre  Pleasure PalacesShaftesbury Theatre; Victoria Palace Theatre; London Palladium; Dominion Theatre; Prince Edward Theatre; Lyceum Theatre; Prince of Wales Theatre  Informal DelightsDonmar Warehouse; The Bridge Theatre; Menier Chocolate Factory; The Young Vic; Hampstead Theatre; Almeida Theatre; Normansfield Theatre; The Other Palace  Legends AliveSondheim Theatre; Gielgud Theatre; Harold Pinter Theatre; Noël Coward Theatre; Novello Theatre  Popular LandmarksShakespeare’s Globe; Sadler’s Wells Theatre; The Old Vic; Royal National Theatre; Royal Court Theatre; Roundhouse; Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre  Of Special RenownNew Wimbledon Theatre; Aldwych Theatre; Richmond Theatre; Garrick Theatre; Vaudeville Theatre; Playhouse Theatre; Adelphi Theatre  Eastward Ho!Wilton’s Music Hall; Barbican Theatre; Hackney Empire; Theatre Royal Stratford East  West End JewelsSt Martin’s Theatre; Wyndham’s Theatre; Fortune Theatre; Phoenix Theatre; Criterion Theatre; Duke of York’s Theatre; Savoy Theatreindexacknowledgements