- ... that The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie has the longest initial run of any play in history, having played continuously in the West End since 1952?
- ... that St Paul's, Covent Garden is known as the "Actor's Church" and contains monuments to such famous names as Charlie Chaplin and Vivien Leigh?
- ... that Bram Stoker was the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre from 1878 to 1898, and based the character of Count Dracula on the actor Henry Irving?
- ... that the Haymarket Theatre was once managed by John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law, who had fled the United States after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
- ... that the Peacock Theatre is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a dolphin called "Flipper"?