The Gate, being a theatre club, was technically private and therefore exempt from the prohibition.
The first was in 1937 at the Lyric Theatre, London, where Pamela Stanley repeated her performance in the title role seen at the Gate two years earlier.
[1] The play was staged three times on Broadway, New York – between 1935 and 1937, twice at the Broadhurst and in 1938 at the Martin Beck.
A twenty-four year old Vincent Price enjoyed his appearance as Prince Albert in the Broadhurst productions.
[3] Hayes as Victoria was recorded on radio in an episode of The Campbell Playhouse.