Building    From 21/9/1896  To 8/11/1940

Brixton Theatre

Categories: Theatre

Theatre designed by Frank Matcham. It had a capacity of 1,504, and was home to plays, small touring productions, and Christmas pantomimes. It was renamed the Melville Theatre in 1940, but was destroyed in an air raid shortly afterwards. The Ritzy Cinema now occupies the site.

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

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Brixton Theatre

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Brixton Theatre foundation stone

Although not actually named, this lonely, vandalised stone is all that remain...

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

Born Dublin. Socialist, member of the Fabian Society. Plays include: Saint Joan, Major Barbara and Pygmalion on which My Fair Lady is based. Didn't like his first name, "Don't George me!" so is oft...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Ireland

5 memorials
Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

Welsh dramatist and actor. Born Flintshire, North Wales. Died at home, Flat 3, 123 Dovehouse Street.

Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, Wales

1 memorial
Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Stage and film Actor. Born Margaret Taylor Rutherford in Balham. She was well into her thirties before she started acting, but rapidly established herself as a much sought after character actress. ...

Person, Cinema, Theatre

2 memorials
Lyceum Theatre

Lyceum Theatre

A theatre with this name has been in the locality since 1765. The present site opened on 14th July 1834 to a design by Samuel Beazley. In 1904 the facade and portico were retained but the main buil...

Building, Theatre

1 memorial
Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow

Body-builder and entertainer. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He left Prussia to avoid military service and travelled through Europe perfecting his p...

Person, Sport / Games, Theatre, Russia, USA

1 memorial

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Historical Society of Ottawa

Historical Society of Ottawa

Formed initially as the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa, renamed in 1956. From their website: "To celebrate Ottawa’s centenary in 1926, the Society unveiled a memorial to Lieutenant-...

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Canada

1 memorial
Sir Horace Perkins Hamilton, GCB

Sir Horace Perkins Hamilton, GCB

Horace Perkins Hamilton was born on 20 November 1880 at 34 Hardinge Road, Ashford, Kent, the only child of Horace Hamilton (1845-1917) and Elizabeth Hamilton née Kitching (1847-1911). His birth was...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Tweed

John Tweed

Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is the Wellington Monument in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Died in a nursing home at 18 Langham Street.

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

7 memorials
T. N. Day

T. N. Day

Co-churchwarden of St. Matthias Church, E1, in 1887.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial