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===20th century=== [[File:Cover of the Vocal Score of Seymour Hicks' The Earl and the Girl.jpg|thumb|left|Cover of Vocal Score of Seymour Hicks' The Earl and the Girl]] On 11 September 1901, the third theatre was opened as the ''Century Theatre'', although the name reverted in 1904 under the management of [[Otho Stuart]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britainexpress.com/London/Adelphi-Theatre.htm |title=The Adelphi Theatre, ''The London Encyclopaedia'', Pan MacMillan |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527145814/https://www.britainexpress.com/London/Adelphi-Theatre.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> This theatre was built by ''Frank Kirk'' to the design of Ernest Runtz. [[George Edwardes]], the dean of London musical theatre, took over management of the theatre from Stuart in 1908. In the early part of the 20th century, the Adelphi was home to a number of [[musical theatre|musical comedies]], the most successful of which included ''[[The Earl and the Girl]]'' (1904), ''The Dairymaids'' (1907), ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'' (1910), ''[[The Boy (musical)|The Boy]]'' (1917), ''Clowns in Clover'' (1927), and ''[[Mr. Cinders]]'' (1929). The present Adelphi opened on 3 December 1930, redesigned in the [[Art Deco]] style by Ernest Schaufelberg. It was named the 'Royal Adelphi Theatre' and re-opened with the hit musical ''Ever Green'', by [[Lorenz Hart]] and [[Richard Rodgers]], based on the book Benn W. Levy. [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Words and Music (musical)|Words and Music]]'' premièred at the theatre in 1932. The operetta ''Balalaika'' (a revised version of ''[[The Gay Hussars]]'') played at the theatre in 1936, and in 1940 the theatre's name again reverted to 'The Adelphi'. The theatre continued to host comedy and musicals, including ''[[Bless The Bride]]'' (1947), ''[[Maggie May (musical)|Maggie May]]'' (1964), and ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' (1975), as well as dramas (see below for a list beginning in 1979). A proposed redevelopment of [[Covent Garden]] by the [[Greater London Council|GLC]] in 1968 saw the theatre under threat, together with the nearby [[Vaudeville Theatre|Vaudeville]], [[Garrick Theatre|Garrick]], [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum]] and [[Duchess Theatre|Duchess theatre]]s. An active campaign by [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]], the [[Musicians' Union (UK)|Musicians' Union]], and theatre owners under the auspices of the ''Save London Theatres Campaign'' led to the abandonment of the scheme.<ref name=Vaud>[http://www.vaudevilletheatre.org.uk/ Vaudeville Theatre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225032905/http://vaudevilletheatre.org.uk/ |date=25 February 2023 }}. Retrieved 28 March 2007</ref> On 27 February 1982, the Adelphi hosted the final night of the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] for a concert performance of songs from all thirteen [[Savoy Operas]] as well as ''[[Cox and Box]]'' and ''[[Thespis (opera)|Thespis]]''. In 1993, [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s [[Really Useful Group]] purchased the theatre and completely refurbished it prior to the opening of his adaptation of ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]''. The 1998 video of Lloyd Webber's musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' was filmed at the theatre.
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