Gaiety Theatre in Strand
Gaiety Theatre in Strand
Record No
140197
Title
Gaiety Theatre in Strand
Description
View across the junction of Strand to the right and Aldwych to the left, Covent Garden. Ahead at the apex is The Gaiety Theatre. Just visible at the left edge is part of Inveresk House at 346 Strand. A man is standing by newsbills for The News of the World newspaper, placed at the entrance to the building. One reads: "Midnight dramas in West-End". The Gaiety Theatre no longer exists and the ME London hotel, built in 2008-9, occupies the site. The theatre depicted was demolished in 1956 and replace by an office development. An earlier Gaiety Theatre had stood nearby and was demolished in 1903 as part of a scheme to widen Strand and create Aldwych. In the image, the theatre is showing The Love Race, written by Stanley Lupino and starring Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard. A construction site has been established in the middle of Aldwych surrounded by corrugated material. A bus is parked at the kerb the other side of the theatre. In the distance with Strand passing on both sides is the church of St Mary le Strand. Dating from 1906-07 and designed by Mewes and Davis as the offices of The Morning Post newspaper, Inveresk House at 346 Strand and 1-5 Aldwych was Grade II listed in 1986; listing number 1210080. Dating from 1714-17 and designed by James Gibbs, St Mary le Strand church was Grade I listed in 1958; listing number 1236753.
Date of execution
1930
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_531_A7406
London picture map location
Exact
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