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Harold Pinter Theatre

1881 establishments in EnglandBritish comedyGrade II listed buildings in the City of WestminsterGrade II listed theatresPerformance art venues
Theatres completed in 1881Theatres in the City of WestminsterWest End theatres
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The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011, is a West End theatre, and opened on Panton Street in the City of Westminster, on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre. It was designed by Thomas Verity and built in just six months in painted (stucco) stone and brick. By 1884 it was known as simply the Comedy Theatre. In the mid-1950s the theatre underwent major reconstruction and re-opened in December 1955; the auditorium remains essentially that of 1881, with three tiers of horseshoe-shaped balconies.

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Harold Pinter Theatre
Whitcomb Street, City of Westminster Covent Garden

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WC2H 7DY City of Westminster, Covent Garden
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