London Shows - Chronology

The shows are listed in alphabetical order. The original opening date is the official frst night, not counting previews, unless otherwise stated. By and large revivals of shows are not included. In later years, unless show runs have been officially published I have assumed 8 shows per week, uncluding matinees. Where only short runs have been scheduled I have given the opening and closing dates only. Further information about the shows can be found by clicking on the show title where linked.

Original listing by Edmund Whitehouse of "This England" magazine

London shows - chronology

1972

Title

Run

Venue

Applause (Strouse) from the film All About Eve 16 November (382 perfs) Her Majesty's Theatre
Company (Sondheim) 18 January (344 perfs) Her Majesty's Theatre
Costa Packet 5 October (65 perfs) Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Cowardy Custard (Coward) 10 July Mermaid Theatre
Godspell (Schwartz) 26 January (1128 perfs) Wyndham;s Theatre
Gone With the Wind (Harold Rome) 3 May (398 perfs) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Good Old, Bad Old Days (Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse) 20 December (309 perfs) Prince of Wales Theatre
I and Albert (Strouse/Adams) 6 November (120 perfs) Piccadilly Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Tim Rice) 9 August (3358 perfs) Palace Theatre
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd-Webber/Rice) 8 November (43 perfs) Roundhouse
The Londoners (Bart/Lewis) based on the novel Sparrers Can't Sing 27 March (63 perfs) Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Maid of the Mountains (1916 repeat + Parr-Davies, Friml etc.) 29 April Palace Theatre
Mother Earth (Shearer/Thronson) 20 September Roundhouse
Once Upon a Time (Webb) 21 December (26 matinées) Duke of York's Theatre
Popkiss (alias Rookery Nook) (Heneker/John Addison) 22 August (65 perfs) Globe Theatre
Pull Both Ends (Schroeder & King) 18 July (36 perfs) Piccadilly Theatre
Rock Carmen (Hughes/Hendler) 13 July Roundhouse
Smilin’ Through (John Hanson) 5 July (28 perfs) Prince of Wales Theatre
Stand and Deliver (Norman) 24 October (14 perfs) Roundhouse
Tom Brown’s Schooldays (Andrews/Maitland) 9 May (76 perfs) Cambridge Theatre
Trelawney (Julian Slade) 3 August (177 perfs) Prince of Wales Theatre