sentences:  Sullivan died in 1900, and Richard D'Oyly Carte died in 1901.The Savoy Theatre closed in 1903, and was reopened under the management of John Leigh and Edward Laurillard from February 1904 (beginning with a musical, "The Love Birds") to December 1906.The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company returned to the Savoy for repertory seasons between 1906 and 1909, in which year C. H. Workman took over the management of the theatre.