Erection date: 2013
On this site stood the Gaiety Theatre, built in 1903 for impresario George Edwardes. The theatre opened with the performance of 'The Orchid' and until it was closed in 1939 remained the home of musical comedy and one of London's most famous playhouses.
WC2, Strand, Silken Hotel
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Theatre manager. Born Lincolnshire. His cousins were Irish theatre managers ...
Before the Aldwych development in 1906 the street pattern was very different...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Gaiety Theatre On this site until 1957 stood the re-sited Gaiety Theatre whic...
This building was Grade II Listed in 2013: "L Manze Eel, Pie and Mash Shop on Walthamstow High Street was acquired in 1929 by Luigi Manze...
The Wanamaker plaque is to the right of the Shakespeare memorial.
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
Oranjehaven This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped...
Betty Westgate MBE, 1919 - 2000, a pioneer and campaigner for breast cancer support and education. Founded Breast Cancer Care from this h...
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