les miserables is the longest running play in london's west end.
les miserables is the longest running play in london's west end.
longest running play in london's west end?
les miserables
the new palace theatre company (green & lenagan) presented the first ever agatha christie theatre festival it run from 8 may to 28 july 2001. the festival, featured all of christie's 25 plays, including a semi-staged performance of the west end production of the mousetrap using all of the actors of the west end cast of the 'world's longest running play.' this was the first time the mousetrap has been licensed in the uk outside of the west end since it launched in 1952. 25 actors for the 135 performances of all 25 of agatha christie's plays in a 12-week season to mark the 25th anniversary of the mystery writer's death. it is believed that the palace theatre holds the world record for performing agatha christie.
palace theatre, westcliff-on-sea
in 2005 patrick barlow rewrote the script, keeping the scenes, staging and small-scale feel, and on june 17, 2005 this re-adaption premiered at the west yorkshire playhouse, directed by fiona buffini and designed by peter mckintosh. the featured actors were robert whitelock, lisa jackson, simon gregor and mark hadfield. maria aitken directed the revised production in its london premiere at the tricycle theatre (london), which opened on 10 august 2006 titled "john buchan's the 39 steps". the cast for the london premiere comprised rupert degas, charles edwards, simon gregor and catherine mccormack, again with designs by peter mckintosh. the production transferred to the criterion theatre in london's west end in september 2006. "the 39 steps" closed on 5 september 2015 after 9 years in the west end, making it the fifth longest running play in west end history.
the 39 steps (play)