Built for W S Gilbert in 1889, the Garrick Theatre has continued to thrive largely on a mixed diet of comedy, comedy-drama and farce. The theatre is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of actor manager Arthur Bourchier, a notorious hater of newspaper critics.
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Hannen Swaffer and Mrs Swaffer
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William Thomas Stead
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Pamela Colman Smith
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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7 memorials
Charles Hoy Fort
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2 memorials
Previously viewed
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Westminster Foundation
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1 memorial
Freeform Arts Trust
Free Form is unique in providing the full range of arts and creative services for the built environment to place art at the heart of urban regeneration.
5 memorials
Reverend Sydney Smith
Wit, for example "I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so." Born Woodford, London. Died at home in Green Street, London.
2 memorials
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