Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Ira Aldridge, 1807 - 1867, Shakespearian actor, 'The African Roscius', lived here.
English Heritage
Quintus Roscius Gallus was a Roman actor c.100 BC.
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We can't answer the obvious question - did he ever play Hamlet?
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
Actor. Born Ira Frederick Aldridge in New York City (his date of birth is app...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
London County CouncilGeorge Grossmith, 1874 - 1935, actor-manager, lived here.
Carswell Prentice, 1891 - 1964, inventor of the supermarket trolley stayed he...
