Actor, theatre builder and manager.
Built The Theatre in Curtain Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Burbage
Commemorated ati
Shakespeare - The Theatre
It is thought that Shakespeare lived in Norton Folgate, close to here.
Other Subjects
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton was born on 1 July 1899 in the Victoria Hotel, 79 Westborough, Scarborough, Yorkshire, one of the five children of Robert Laughton (1868-1924) and Eliza Laughton (1869-1953). On t...
Person, Armed Forces, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
Edmund Payne
Actor, comedian and singer. Born in Hackney. He used his short stature and malleable features to create a popular comic persona. On stage he was often partnered by George Grossmith junior. See ther...
Ann Oldfield
Actress. Possibly born in Pall Mall. Worked a lot for the Drury Lane company. Died at home in Grosvenor Street at 59 or 60, depending on source - perhaps the street has been renumbered.
Sir Charles Wyndham
born Charles Culverwell at Liverpool. Qualified as a doctor. Actor and manager.
Sarah Bernhardt
born in Paris in 1844. Oscar Wilde wrote Salome for her. Died 1923.