The english have loved the theatre since the days of shakespeare.london, with its thirty or more theatres, is the centre of the drama. a londoner will always pay a visit to the theatre on a birthday or an anniversary. and people from other parts of the country visiting london will never go back home without going to the theatre.in the early evening, if you come to the west end of london, you can see groups of people sitting or standing near the theatres. they are waiting for tickets for the opera or ballet