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# The Palace Theatre's Legacy at 113 Shaftesbury Avenue Standing before 113 Shaftesbury Avenue, you're gazing at one of London's most transformative entertainment venues, a building that began its life in 1891 as Richard D'Oyly Carte's ambitious "Royal English Opera House" before reinventing itself...

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Palace Theatre Built for Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1891 by T E Colcutt and known as the 'Royal English Opera House'. The theatre was renamed the 'Palace Theatre of Varieties' in 1892. In 1911 it became the Palace Theatre and is famous for being the home of London's longest-running musicals