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1906 Opened as the Hicks Theatre on 27 December with The Beauty of Bath, a musical play by Seymour Hicks (after whom the theatre was named) and Cosmo Hamilton.
1907Brewster's Millions, a comedy about a man trying to spend a fortune in 30 days in order to gain an inheritance, was the theatre's first big success, starring Gerald du Maurier.
1909 The American impresario Charles Frohman became sole manager of the theatre and changed its name to the Globe.
It reopened with His Borrowed Plumes written by Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill.
1913The Clock Goes Round challenged theatrical superstition when it opened on Friday 13th with 13 characters.
Needless to say it closed after 13 performances.
1921 Before A A Milne became best known for Winnie-the-Pooh he was a popular playwright. Three of his plays were presented at the Globe in the 1920s - The Truth About Blayds (1921), Mr Pym Passes By (1922) and Belinda (1