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| Former names | 1847 St Martin's Hall 1850 St Martin's Music Hall 1867 New Queen's Theatre 1868 Queen's Theatre Queen's Theatre of Varieties 1877 National Theatre |
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| Address | Long Acre, Covent Garden Camden, London |
| Coordinates | 51°30′51″N 0°07′23″W / 51.51426°N 0.12315°W |
| Owner | John Hullah |
| Type | Lecture hall, concert rooms, Theatre, Variety theatre |
| Capacity | 1850 3,000 seated 1867 4,000 seated |
| Current use | demolished; block of flats (on site) |
| Construction | |
| Rebuilt | 1862 unknown 1867 C. J. Phipps |
| Years active | 1847–1878 |
| Architect | Richard Westmacott |
The Queen's Theatre was a London theatre established in 1867 on the site of St Martin's Hall, a large concert room that had opened in 1850. It stood on the corner of Long Acre (formerly Charles Street) and Endell Street, with entrances in Wilson Street and Long Acre. The site is within the modern Camden, part of Covent Garden.[1]
St Martin's Hall contained a 3,000-seat main hall and a 500-seat lecture hall. It was used for musical recitals, lectures and political meetings. The Queen's Theatre, one of the largest in London, had a capacity of 4,000 seats. The theatre closed after barely more than a decade, in 1878.
The name Queen's Theatre has been used for other theatres in central London, including the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden (from 1685 to 1705), His Majesty's Theatre (from 1705 to 1714), Scala Theatre (during the period 1831–1865) and the modern Queen's Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue (since 1907).