Founded by Ashley Dukes as a new stage for plays by poets.
The plaque gives 1931 as the start date, but Wikipedia gives 1933. Possibly for those first 3 years it was a home for the Ballet Club and not yet a theatre.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Mercury Theatre
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Mercury Theatre
Here stood the Mercury Theatre, 1931 - 1987, founded by author and playwright...
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1 memorial
Peckham Shed
A theatre company run for children and young people aged five to seventeen years old. Originally set up by Chicken Shed, a similar theatre company based in Cockfosters.
1 memorial
Shepherd's Bush Empire
Theatre. Built for impresario Oswald Stoll and designed by Frank Matcham. Amongst its first performers were the Fred Karno troupe featuring Charlie Chaplin. When the appeal of variety shows began t...
1 memorial
Collins Music Hall
As Sam Vagg (1827-65) he was a chimney sweep but as Sam Collins he was an "Irish" singer. In 1862 he took over the Lansdowne Arms, turned it into a music hall and renamed it after himself. Sam died...
1 memorial
London Coliseum
Built as a, very large, variety theatre by Oswald Stoll using architect Frank Matcham. It experienced some ups and downs financially and then in the early sixties suffered the indignity of conversi...
1 memorial
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