Harold Pinter Theatre

The Harold Pinter Theatre opened on 15 Oct. 1881 as a comic opera house. Designed by Thomas Verity, it took six months to build.. Built on four levels, the top three took on a horseshoe shape around the stalls, and the auditorium featured 14 boxes on each side of the stage. Its name on opening was the Royal Comedy Theatre, though its ‘Royal' epithet was dropped in 1884.