Again, the theatre was threatened with closure by the authorities, but Santley had it rebuilt again in 1906 to meet safety requirements.
After redecoration in French Regency style, which increased the capacity of the theatre to 657 seats, the Royalty reopened on 4 January 1906 with a season of Theatre Français directed by Gaston Mayer.
Sarah Bernhardt led her own company in La Tosca, Phedre and La Dame aux Camelias in 1907.
In 1911, J. E. Vedrenne and Dennis Eadie acquired the theatre, and in 1912, they staged Milestones, by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch (later Knoblock), which had over 600 performances.
Owen Nares, Gladys Cooper and Lynn Fontanne appeared at the theatre early in their careers.
The Man Who Stayed at Home was a hit at the Royalty in 1914, playing for 584 performances.
Henry Daniell starred as Bobby Gilmour in The Man from Toronto at the theatre in May 1918.

A post-war success was the concert-party entertainment, The Co-Optimists, first staged in 1921.
The year 1924 saw the first West End production at the theatre of Noël Coward's The Vortex.
Juno and the Paycock was mounted in 1925, and Ibsen's Pillars of Society played in 1926.
Another hit for the Royalty was in 1932 with While Parents Sleep.
By 1936 the danger of fire from celluloid stores and other adjacent properties overrided the argument made to the Lord Chamberlain that the theatre had been on the site before the development of the inflammatory trades nearby.
J. B. Priestley's I Have Been Here Before was the theatre's last success.
The last performance was given at a matinee on 25 November 1938, by the Southern Cross Players.

Although several schemes were considered for its rebuilding, but with the growing threat of war, the theatre remained empty and soon became derelict.
It was damaged in the World War II Blitz.
The Royalty was demolished in 1953 and a block of offices, Royalty House, was erected on the site.

A modern Royalty Theatre was opened in the basement of an office block at Portugal Street near Aldwych in 1960.
This was bought by the London School of Economics and renamed the Peacock Theatre in 1996.
It is a lecture hall by day and a venue for the Sadler's Wells Theatre company by night.
Again, the theatre was threatened with closure by the authorities, but Santley had it rebuilt again in 1906 to meet safety requirements. After redecoration in French Regency style, which increased the capacity of the theatre to 657 seats, the Royalty reopened on 4 January 1906 with a season of Theatre Français directed by Gaston Mayer. Sarah Bernhardt led her own company in La Tosca, Phedre and La Dame aux Camelias in 1907. In 1911, J. E. Vedrenne and Dennis Eadie acquired the theatre, and in 1912, they staged Milestones, by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch (later Knoblock), which had over 600 performances. Owen Nares, Gladys Cooper and Lynn Fontanne appeared at the theatre early in their careers. The Man Who Stayed at Home was a hit at the Royalty in 1914, playing for 584 performances. Henry Daniell starred as Bobby Gilmour in The Man from Toronto at the theatre in May 1918.
A post-war success was the concert-party entertainment, The Co-Optimists, first staged in 1921. The year 1924 saw the first West End production at the theatre of Noël Coward's The Vortex. Juno and the Paycock was mounted in 1925, and Ibsen's Pillars of Society played in 1926. Another hit for the Royalty was in 1932 with While Parents Sleep. By 1936 the danger of fire from celluloid stores and other adjacent properties overrided the argument made to the Lord Chamberlain that the theatre had been on the site before the development of the inflammatory trades nearby. J. B. Priestley's I Have Been Here Before was the theatre's last success. The last performance was given at a matinee on 25 November 1938, by the Southern Cross Players.
Although several schemes were considered for its rebuilding, but with the growing threat of war, the theatre remained empty and soon became derelict. It was damaged in the World War II Blitz. The Royalty was demolished in 1953 and a block of offices, Royalty House, was erected on the site.
A modern Royalty Theatre was opened in the basement of an office block at Portugal Street near Aldwych in 1960. This was bought by the London School of Economics and renamed the Peacock Theatre in 1996. It is a lecture hall by day and a venue for the Sadler's Wells Theatre company by night.
Royalty Theatre