The streets around London's West End are deserted as the coronavirus pandemic forces theatre goers to shun their seats in favour of the safety of their homes‘Simon, go home,’ said the stage manager kindly. I was not to know that it would be the last Saturday night throng the West End could possibly see for months. And so the Society of London Theatre has decreed that theatres will close until further notice. The capital’s stages have fallen silent for the first time since Oliver Cromwell shut London’s theatres over 350 years ago. But meanwhile, the West End and theatres across Europe and far beyond remain eerily silent.

Source: Daily Mail March 18, 2020 01:16 UTC