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The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England. The theatre was designed by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte and opened on 10 October 1881 on a site previously occupied by the Savoy Palace. Its intended purpose was to showcase the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy operas.

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1881 Savoy TheatreCharles J. PhippsPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Palace Hotel, Airport Hilton, Fritz Mebes, Hotel Breitinger, Hotel du Theatre, Hotel Glockenhof, Hotel Limmathof, Hotel Stoller, Savoy Hotel Baur en VilleDigital Memory of CataloniaPublic domainEuropeana
Image from page 73 of Songs of a Savoyard. [Lyrics from the operas by W. S. Gilbert, performed at the Savoy Theatre.] ... Illustrated by the authorThe British LibraryPublic domainEuropeana
Image from page 139 of Songs of a Savoyard. [Lyrics from the operas by W. S. Gilbert, performed at the Savoy Theatre.] ... Illustrated by the authorThe British LibraryPublic domainEuropeana

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