Plaque

Southwark Cathedral - Sam Wanamaker

Inscription

{Beside a blue line drawing of the Globe Theatre:}
In thanksgiving for Sam Wanamaker CBE, actor, director, producer, 1919 - 1993, whose vision rebuilt Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside in this parish.

Site: Southwark Cathedral Shakespeare and Wanamaker (2 memorials)

SE1, Cathedral Street, Southwark Cathedral

The Wanamaker plaque is to the right of the Shakespeare memorial.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Southwark Cathedral - Sam Wanamaker

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Globe Theatre, Southwark

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Sam Wanamaker

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