American impresario. Owned the St James's Theatre from 1943 to its demise in 1957.
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Gilbert Miller
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St James's Theatre - 3 reliefs
The four bas-relief panels by Edward Bainbridge Copnall depict the heads of G...
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Ronnie Corbett
Actor and comedian. Born Ronald Balfour Corbett in Edinburgh. His career started in the theatre, particularly in cabaret with Danny La Rue. He came to national fame in BBC television's sketch show ...
Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, Scotland
1 memorial
Curtain Theatre
This, the second English purpose-built playhouse was erected very close to the first, The Theatre, and run by the same man, Burbage. Not named for the modern drape on a proscenium arch, but for it...
2 memorials
D'Oyly Carte family
Richard D'Oyly Carte founded the business. Married Helen. Their son Rupert inherited the business and passed it on to his daughter, Bridget.
1 memorial
Harry Houdini
Escape artist. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest. Later names include: Ehrich Weiss, Harry Weiss. The family moved to the US in 1878. He had a very close relationship with his mother, to whom he alwa...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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William John Brock
From the parish of St Thomas in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a rifleman aged 20.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Helene Hanff
Born Philadelphia. Wrote 84 Charing Cross Road in 1970. Later made into a play and film. Died New York City. The apartment building where she lived at 305 E. 72nd Street has been named "Charing ...
1 memorial
Frederick William Owen Potts, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 21 August 1915, age 22, while serving in the Berkshire Yeomanry. "Wounded and under heavy fire he remained with a severely injured soldier for 48 hours before drag...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
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