A large queue outside the Lyceum Theatre, London, 1909. Artist: Bedford Lemere and Company [Getty Images]

A large queue outside the Lyceum Theatre, London, 1909. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry both performed there. Built in 1834, only the facade of the original theatre remained by 1909, the rest being rebuilt in 1903-4. It finally closed in 1934. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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