Born in Dublin as Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde. 'Importance of Being Earnest', 'Picture of Dorian Gray', etc. A flamboyant aesthete, he may have been Grossmith's model for the character Bunt...
Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France, Ireland
Welsh dramatist and actor. Born Flintshire, North Wales. Died at home, Flat 3, 123 Dovehouse Street.
Actor. Born Barabara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch. She made her west end debut in 1952, before joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. In the cinema she was a regular in the 'Carry On' series, appea...
Actor and musician. He was in the original line-up of Small Faces but left after a clash of personalities with the other group members. He went on to an acting career, appearing on stage in the mus...
Puppeteer. Born in South Africa. He started work as a farmer in Cape Town, before moving to England in 1935 where he became assistant stage manager for the Ballet Rambert. He toured Europe and Sout...
Playwright. No birth information but baptised in 1641 in Hampshire. Wrote The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer. Died in Bow Street.
born Charles Culverwell at Liverpool. Qualified as a doctor. Actor and manager.
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.
Founded by Martin Burton, who formerly performed as a circus clown called Zippo.
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