Vivien Leigh Oscar Wilde

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# 23-24 King Street: Where Theatre History Was Made Standing at 23-24 King Street, you're looking at the ghost of a building that hosted one of theatre's most glittering chapters—the St James's Theatre, which once occupied this very plot before its controversial demolition in 1957. It was here, und...

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St James's Theatre On this site stood the St James's Theatre, demolished in 1957 despite an epic campaign of protest led by Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier. George Alexander, manager from 1890 - 1918, staged both Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" for the first time. A joint venture by the City of Westminster and the Society of West End Theatre