West End ticket prices

Fact of the day: top price tickets for The Book of Mormon have reached a record high of £202.25, an increase of a third on last year.

Fact of the day: the Society of London Theatre’s 2013 box office figures show record ticket revenue and attendances.

Quote of the day: “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read.”

Fact of the day: The Society of London Theatre’s TKTS ticket booth in Leicester Square sold 58 per cent more tickets in the week ending 30 July than in the previous week.