Richard D'Oyly Carte
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Richard D'Oyly Carte was an English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer, and hotelier during the latter half of the Victorian era. He built two of London's theatres and a hotel empire, while
Programme for Trial by Jury, 1875
Scene from H.M.S. Pinafore
Savoy Theatre, 1881
Planter in the Embankment Gardens behind the Savoy Hotel
Savoy Hotel
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The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan o
Richard D'Oyly Carte
…and built the state-of-the-art Savoy Theatre to host the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Eight years after opening the Savoy Theatre, Carte built the Savoy Hotel next to it, and later acquired other luxury hotels. In 1891 he erected the Palace Theatre, London (originally called the Royal English Opera House…
The Savoy's main entrance from Strand
Statue of Peter, Count of Savoy, located at the entrance of the Savoy Hotel.
The Savoy Palace
Gondola party, 1905