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2012 Event - In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed

1997 Death - Giorgio Strehler, theatre director, dies at 76

1997 Death - Sarah Lucas, theatre Administrator, dies at 53

1996 Death - Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93

1996 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg

1995 Event - "Busker Alley," premieres at St. James Theatre, New York

1995 Death - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45

1995 Death - Barney Simon, theatre director/writer, dies at 63

1995 Death - Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32

1995 Death - Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52

1994 Death - Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60

1994 Death - Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81

1994 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo

1994 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka

1994 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya

1994 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore

1993 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines

1993 Death - Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65

1993 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin

1992 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague

1992 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Mogador Theatre, Paris

1991 Death - Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane

1991 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre St. Denis, Montreal

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, LA

1991 Event - Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, New York and His Majesty's Theatre, Perth

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston

1990 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore

1989 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne

1989 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco

1989 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit

1989 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia

1989 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago

1989 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto

1988 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia

1988 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Raimund Theatre, Vienna

1988 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles

1988 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka

1988 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan

1987 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik

1987 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo

1985 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London

1974 Death - Ivor Dean, British actor (Theatre of Death), dies at 57

1971 Event - CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII

1968 Event - Theatre censorship ends in Britain

1966 Death - Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94

1966 Event - Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts

1965 Event - Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)

1963 Death - Gustaf Grundgens, actor, director and theatre director (M), dies at 63

1963 Birthday - Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS

1961 Birthday - Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School

1956 Birthday - Kirk Brandon, rocker, Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland

1950 Birthday - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator

1949 Birthday - Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer

1948 Birthday - Bill Alexander, theatre director

1947 Birthday - Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award]

1943 Death - Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85

1943 Birthday - Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator

1943 Birthday - Richard Eyre, British director, National Theatre

1942 Event - "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, New York City

1942 Event - Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden"

1942 Birthday - Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic

1942 Birthday - Bill Bryden, theatre director

1941 Birthday - Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director, Royal Court Theatre

1937 Death - Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76

1937 Birthday - Varbara Ann Teer, U.S. actress/director, National Black Theatre Company

1935 Birthday - Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor, Witte Waan

1934 Event - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres

1934 Birthday - Julian Belfrage, theatre Agent

1932 Death - Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies

1932 Event - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon

1932 Birthday - Barney Simon, theatre director/writer

1928 Death - Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81

1927 Event - John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St. New York City

1926 Event - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York

1925 Birthday - John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards

1924 Event - Fortune Theatre opens in London

1921 Birthday - Giorgio Strehler, theatre director

1920 Event - Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn

1919 Birthday - Ellen Stewart, actress/founder, La Mama Theatre Group

1917 Birthday - Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre

1913 Birthday - Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music

1913 Birthday - Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer

1913 Event - Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn

1908 Birthday - Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host, Masterpiece Theatre

1907 Birthday - Bernard Miles, British actor, In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre

1904 Event - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)

1903 Birthday - Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian

1898 Birthday - Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress, Theatre De la Mar

1897 Birthday - Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer, Eindhoven Theatre

1896 Birthday - Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir, Theatre Seraphin

1888 Event - Royal Court Theatre, London, opens

1887 Death - Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor and director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74

1882 Event - Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"

1872 Birthday - Maude K Adams, U.S., actress, Baldwin's Theatre

1872 Birthday - Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre

1870 Event - Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London

1860 Birthday - Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director, l'Odeon

1860 Birthday - Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin

1847 Birthday - Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre

1843 Event - 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City)

1824 Event - Gioacchino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian, Paris

1814 Death - Philip Astley, theatre manager, dies

1808 Event - Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire

1794 Event - Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens

1783 Event - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London

1663 Event - Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens

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