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This intimate theatre was built on the site of the old Albion Tavern, and opened in November 1924. The beginnings of the Fortune Theatre were anything but fortunate. The opening play, %u2018Sinners%u2019 by Laurence Cowen, closed after two weeks. Over the next few decades, the Fortune Theatre had to resort to showing amateur plays and during World War II the venue was used by ENSA, the concert party corps of the Forces. But in the 1960s the theatre%u2019s fortunes began to change. Beyond the Fringe (1961) was shown at the Fortune Theatre, and it was a massive success, launching the careers of Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett. Its other blockbuster hit has been Stephen Mallatratt%u2019s The Woman in Black (1989), which has been performed (over 5000 times) at the theatre ever since.
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170 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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Strand, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 5 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
213 Strand, Holborn, London WC2R | 6 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Events > Theatre Dates: 24th October 2016 to 13th January 2019
Fortune Theatre, Drury Lane, WC2B | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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Fortune Theatre, St Martin's Lane, WC2N | 6 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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Fortune Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, WC2H | 7 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Attractions > Museums
45 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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London > Attractions > Museums
Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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41 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
38 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
42 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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22 Aldwych, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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Drury House, 34-43 Russell Street, WC2B | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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39 Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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London > Education > Universities and Colleges
1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Education > Universities and Colleges
24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, WC2H | 4 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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12 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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24 Endell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 4 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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25 Shelton Street, 40 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 5 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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39 Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Fortune Theatre
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40 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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London > Nightlife > Pubs
33 Rose Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 5 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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35 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 4 minutes from Fortune Theatre
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