!!!Straußtheater

Strausstheater, former theatre in Vienna´s 4%%sup th/%  district 
(Favoritenstrasse 8), built in 1908 and opened with a performance 
of "1001 Nacht" ("Arabian Nights") by J.  Strauss 
the Younger. Completely renovated and opened under the new name of 
"Scala" in 1931; later used as a cinema and from 1948 as a 
theatre for the Russian occupying forces. After the signing of the 
State Treaty between Austria and the allied powers the theatre 
continued to be operated until mid-1956, torn down in 1959/60.


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