Place · Victorian Gothic theatre · India
Gaiety Theatre, Shimla
Also known as Gaiety Shimla
The Gaiety Theatre on the Mall, designed in Scottish Baronial-Gothic by Henry Irwin and opened 23 May 1887 — the summer theatre of the Government of India for sixty years. Rudyard Kipling, Baden-Powell, M. M. Kaye and K. L. Saigal performed on its stage. Rebuilt sympathetically in 2008 after six decades of structural decline; still houses the Shimla Amateur Dramatic Club, founded 1838.
- Periods
- British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Arts & performance
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.104, 77.174
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- Site withinShimla
The Gaiety Theatre on the Mall, designed in Scottish Baronial-Gothic by Henry Irwin and opened 23 May 1887, was the summer theatre of the Government of India for sixty years. Rudyard Kipling, Baden-Powell, M. M. Kaye and K. L. Saigal all performed on its stage. Rebuilt sympathetically in 2008; still houses the Shimla Amateur Dramatic Club, founded 1838.
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