Ronald Falk
Born Australia. Actor. We are really only guessing that this is the Ronald Falk on the list of donors for the Olivier statue. We published this item in October 2010. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...
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John Fawcett
Actor and playwright. Born London. Worked at Covent Garden Theatre. Died Southampton.
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Sophie Fedorovitch
Russian-born theatrical designer who worked with ballet choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton from his first choreographed ballet in 1926 until her accidental death in 1953. Fedorovitch designed for s...
Person, Art, Craft / Design, Dance, Theatre, Tragedy, Russia
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Clare Ferraby
Theatrical interior designer. Her major projects include the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; the Old Vic; the Prince Edward Theatre, London and the Victoria Palace Theatre.
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Martha Fevrier
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. "Flamingo Carnival Arts was founded in 1983, in common with many small groups, The organisation which is Flamingo began in someone's front room. Ma...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Race Issues, Theatre
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Henry Fielding
Novelist, playwright. Born Somerset. Half-brother to Sir John Fielding. Lived in Bow Street and Essex Street. Play: The Miser. Novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones. As magistrate he carried out a numb...
2 memorials
Dame Gracie Fields
Entertainer. Born over a chip shop in Rochdale, Lancashire as Grace Stansfield. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Gracie and her husband Archie moved from Upper Street, N1 in 1929 to The Towers...
4 memorials
Shirley Anne Field
Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield on 27 June 1936 in Forest Gate, Essex (now Greater London). She started her career as a glamour model. Laurence Olivier chose her to play the prime female role in the...
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Albert Finney
Actor. Born Salford. In 1960 Finney and Olivier worked together on The Entertainer, directed by Tony Richardson, at the time married to Vanessa Redgrave. He died of a chest infection, aged 82 year...
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Finsbury Park Empire Theatre
Designed by Frank Matcham. One of London’s most popular variety theatres. Here, in January 1921, the magician P. T. Selbit performed the illusion of "sawing a lady in half" - its first public perfo...
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