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 plaque is on the central façade of this horseshoe shaped development of houses. Sudrey Street was previously names Little Suffolk St...
Mary Prince, 1788 - 1833, abolitionist and author, lived in a house near this site in 1829. Nubian Jak Community Trust London Borough of...
The location is where he spoke to the people of the town from outside the Victoria Buildings, (now a branch of Marks and Spencer).
Chosen as the featured memorial in December 2004, for lots of reasons. Firstly, it commemorates, amongst others, the Beatles, which shows...
Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Bu...
We've listed the statues left to right across the front of the building, with More all on his lonesome on the west (left) facade. The 1...
Anarchist. Born Italy. Spent many years in exile in various countries. From 1881 he was often in London. In 1910 he had an electrical workshop at 15 Duncan Terrace, from which he provided cutting ...
Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, during a discussion concerning Peter Seller's nearby childhood home. Out of this the 'Dead Comics Society' was born and their...
Second wife of Henry VIII and so Queen of England, 1533 to 1536. Though married to Catherine of Aragon, Henry developed a passion for one of her maids of honour, Anne, and so began the whole horri...
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