New plays in the West End are thinner on the ground than ever. In fact, there's only one play currently there that originated there under commercial auspices: The Mousetrap, and that, of course, first opened in 1952 (after a prior pre-West End tour), all of 60 years ago. Of the rest, The 39 Steps came to the West End via runs at Leeds and the Tricycle and The Woman in Black via Lyric Hammersmith, or are transfers fro…
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:00AM on June 21, 2012