London black plaque Noël Coward and Duchess Theatre

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# The Duchess Theatre on Catherine Street Standing before the Duchess Theatre on Catherine Street, you're at the site where Noël Coward's comic masterpiece "Blithe Spirit" premiered in 1942, transforming the modest West End venue into a cultural landmark during the darkest days of World War II. Thi...

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Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home for both drama and comedy when it opened with the war play "Tunnel Trench" in 1929. Prominent productions have included the 1936 London debut of T S Eliot's "Murder In The Cathedral" and Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit" in 1942