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The Gaiety Theatre, Strand, London, 1907. The Gaiety Theatre was a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was established as the Strand Music Hall, in 1864. It was rebuilt several times, but closed from the start of World War II in 1939 and never reopened, having suffered bomb damage during the hostilities. The theatre, at first known for music hall and burlesque, played a key role in the development of modern musical comedy in the late Victorian era.