The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre located in the Strand in the City of Westminster London England. The theatre opened on 10 October 1881 and was built by Richard D’Oyly Carte on the site of the old Savoy Palace as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan which became known as the Savoy Operas as a result.The theatre was the first theatre and the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity.
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