03-02-2008, 11:12 PM
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Parmmadore Jim
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Casita del Queso
Posts: 3,810
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Originally Posted by JWBear
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The Savoy Theatre opened it's doors on 10th October 1881 with a transfer from the Opera Comique of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Patience. Built at the instigation of Impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte, who wanted his own theatre in order to stage the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, the Savoy became famous as the first public building in the world to be lit by incandescent electric lights.
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