In 1971, Louis I. Michaels became the lessee of the theatre. Productions of the decade included a revival of Enid Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden", with Gladys Cooper (1971, which had played at the Haymarket in 1955-56); the long-running "A Voyage Round My Father" (John Mortimer) starring Alec Guinness, succeeded by Michael Redgrave (1971–72); and, in 1972, "Crown Matrimonial" by Royce Ryton, starring Wendy Hiller as Queen Mary. Later productions included a revival of "On Approval" (Frederick Lonsdale) with Geraldine McEwan and Edward Woodward (1975); "The Circle", with Googie Withers and John McCallum (1976); "Rosmersholm" (Ibsen) with Claire Bloom and Daniel Massey (1977); "The Millionairess" (Shaw), with Penelope Keith; "Waters of the Moon" again, starring Hiller and Ingrid Bergman in her last stage role (both 1978); and Keith Michell and Susan Hampshire in "The Crucifer of Blood" (1979).