| Will a London theatre owner rename a theatre for Maggie Smith? | |
| Posted by: portenopete 09:08 am EDT 09/28/24 | |
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| I was looking at the theatres where she had her greatest successes and the two that stand out are the Queen's and the Globe, both of which have been (relatively-) recently renamed for Stephen Sondheim and John Gielgud. Wyndham's is where she did THREE TALL WOMEN (my personal favourite of the plays I saw her in) and that one could conceivably be renamed in her honour. I think she deserves to join the ranks of John Gielgud, Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, Laurence Olivier, Stephen Sondheim, Gillian Lynne and Sam Wanamaker in having a major London theatre dedicated to her. The Old Vic and the Haymarket were also significant in her career but they seem a bit sacrosanct to be given new names. The Aldwych is just named for the street it's on, but the only show she did there, I think, was one of her biggest disappointments, her long-anticipated Lady Bracknell in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. (Which makes me think about what her Lady Wishfort or Mrs. Malaprop would have been like....) Of course I could imagine a proviso in her will stating that no theatre was ever to be named for her because she wouldn't want people going around saying "So I was on my way inside the Maggie Smith last night..." What a legacy she leaves. What a gift to have grown up watching her. I knew it'd be like this but even then it is a very tough loss. |
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