American impresario. Owned the St James's Theatre from 1943 to its demise in 1957.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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Punch and Judy
Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662, in Covent Garden. And still popular in 2015.
Dick Whittington
Born in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, second son of a wealthy man. Thrice Lord Mayor of London: 1397, 1406 and 1420 (actually four times but two were consecutive). Three times Master of the Mercers' C...
Person, Literature, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Theatre
Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America
This organisation seems to incorporate the Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America. Wikipedia gives an overview of this charity's activities. 2023: the Guild let us know that "we have ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Playwright. Born Dublin. Pupil at Harrow School 1762-8. Married Elizabeth Linley at St Marylebone Church in 1773. 1780-5 they lived in the grand house "The Grove" in Harrow, immediately north-east ...
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Theatre impresario. Born Greek Street. Suggested that Sullivan should work on Gilbert's "Trial by Jury" and staged the first performance in 1875. In 1879 D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company was formed and...