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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Covent Garden, London

The Man in Grey, who appears at matinees and is taken as good luck.

The Theatre Royal is one of the oldest working theatres in the world. Its most famous ghost, the Man in Grey, wears a powdered wig, a cloak and riding boots, and walks across the upper circle during daytime rehearsals before vanishing into a wall.

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When
From the 1700s
Where
51.5129, -0.1203
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

Still a working theatre with backstage tours.

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