Actor, theatre builder and manager.
Built The Theatre in Curtain Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Burbage
Commemorated ati
Shakespeare - The Theatre
It is thought that Shakespeare lived in Norton Folgate, close to here.
Other Subjects
Palace Theatre
Richard D'Oyly Carte intended the theatre to be the home of English grand opera, as a counterpart to the light operas that were produced at the Savoy Theatre, and it opened with Sir Arthur Sullivan...
2 memorials
Sir Derek Jacobi
Actor. Born Derek George Jacobi in Leytonstone. He was invited by Sir Laurence Olivier to be a founder member of the Royal National Theatre. Probably best known for playing the eponymous lead in th...
1 memorial
Laurence Housman
Radical playwright, writer, illustrator, socialist, pacifist and founding member of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. The photo shows Housman in 1914. Brother to A. E. Housman. Studied art an...
1 memorial
John Wright
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...
1 memorial
People's Palace
Proposed by Walter Besant the first People's Palace was built on 5 acres of land on the Mile End Road, starting with the Queen's Hall, opened in 1887. By 1892 a library, swimming pool, gym and wint...
3 memorials
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1 memorial
Belair House
SE21, Gallery Road
The plaque is not on Belair House itself which is set a long way back, but on the gatehouse which is on the road.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial