Savoy Theatre toy model
| Description: |
Englishmen Sir William Schwenck Gilbert and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan joined their talents of librettist (writer of operas) and composer to create fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, paving the way for modern musical theater. Their operettas were performed at the Savoy Theatre in London. This 1940s toy theater represents a model of the Savoy, complete with interchangeable cut-out figures, used by children to act out Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operetta, The Mikado,” which opened in 1885. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1003 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 Sullivan, Arthur Seymour, Sir, 1842-1900 Opera Nineteenth Century Music Musical theater Theaters Savoy Theatre |
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