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The Strand was a major centre of theatre and musical hall in the late 19th Century. It was here that Richard D'Oyly Carte built the Savoy Theatre for the performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's witty operettas. The Operetta created a satire on contemporary society hitting at such targets as Government bureaucracy and the aesthecism of Oscar Wilde. The walk explores Theatrical London in the time of Gilbert and Sullivan and uses some of the lyrics to illustrate the late 19th London.