Fortune Theatre

The Fortune Theatre opened on 8 Nov. 1924, and was the first theatre to be built in London after World War I. Laurence Cowen commissioned Ernest Schaufelberg to design the theatre for a site opposite the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, taking over the popular pub, the Albion Tavern. After commissioning the Fortune Theatre, Laurence Cowen also wrote the first play that was performed here, Sinners.