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Title: Gaiety Theatre Scrapbook, 1913-1937

ID: 1/3/MSS 275

Creator: Gaiety Theatre

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Languages: English [eng]

This collection consists of a scrapbook of performances at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.  It contains black and white photographs of performances including "The Mermaid, "  "Eleanor's Enterprise," and "General John Regan."

The Gaiety Theatre is located on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen's Green. It specialises in operatic and musical productions, with occasional dramatic shows. Designed by architect C.J. Phipps and built in under 7 months, the Gaiety was opened on 27 November 1871 with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as guest of honour and a double bill of the comedy She Stoops to Conquer and the burlesque La Belle Sauvage. The Gaiety was extended by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham in 1883, and, despite several improvements to public spaces and stage changes, it retains its Victorian charm and remains Dublin's longest-established, continuously producing theatre.

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Preferred Citation: Gaiety Theatre scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.