Erection date: 2007
Ira Aldridge, 1807 - 1867, Shakespearian actor, 'The African Roscius', lived here.
English Heritage
Quintus Roscius Gallus was a Roman actor c.100 BC.
SE19, Hamlet Road, 5
We can't answer the obvious question - did he ever play Hamlet?
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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
Greater London Council Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
Sir Henry unveiled his own plaque.
The plaque is on the brown wall below the gray canopy. August 2018: this building is threatened with demolition.
The bronze of the plaque is so dulled that it does not photo well, all except this somewhat distressed enameled insignia.
This plaque is placed as close as possible to the site of the Hall.
