The fourth theatre on the site since restoration times, this is the oldest theatre in use in London. In 1745 the National Anthem had its first public performance here, in an earlier building.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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Theatre Royal - SWET
Theatreland - Home of the performing arts in London A joint venture by the C...
Thomas Doggett
This plaque raises some questions. Firstly, how could he have 'died a pauper'...
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Bertram W. Mills
Son of a proprietor of a coaching firm in Paddington who built coaches, provided services to funerals and owned two small farms, one at Chalfont St Giles where he rested his horses. Bertram was bro...
Brigadier-General Alfred Critchley
Air Commodore Alfred Cecil Critchley, CMG, CBE, DSO was a military commander, entrepreneur and politician. Conservative MP 1934-5. Born in what is now Alberta, Canada and brought to England at the...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Theatre, Canada
C. J. Phipps
Architect of theatres. Those still standing in London include: the Vaudeville, the Lyric, the Garrick, Her Majesty's. Born Bath. Died at home at 26 Mecklenburgh Square.
Enid Bagnold
Novelist and playwright. Born Enid Algerine Bagnold at Borstal Cottage, Rochester, Kent. She spent several years of her childhood in Jamaica, where her father, a military engineer had been posted. ...
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Benjamin ??? ???
This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the north-east face of the pedestal.
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