The Strand District: The Gaiety Theatre

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Sir Walter Besant, in The Fascination of London, published in 1903, continues his survey of the Strand district with a mention of the Gaiety Theatre:

Turning westward from Butcher Row, we see what is left of Newcastle Street, which was named after John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, who owned the ground (1711). The work of demolition is going on as far as Catherine Street, where the Gaiety theatre still stands (1903), though not for long, for the second great scimitar sweep of the new street will join the Strand here.

The parish of St Paul's lies like a leaf on the parish of St Martin's-in-the-Fields, by which it is wholly surrounded. Its southern boundary runs most erratically, zigzagging in and out across the streets which connect Maiden Lane and Henrietta Street with the Strand.

The eastern line keeps on the east side of Bow and Brydges Street. The north passes along the north side of Hart Street, and the west cuts across the east ends of Garrick and New Streets, keeping to the east of Bedfordbury.

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