Person    | Male  Born 4/11/1751  Died 7/7/1816

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Categories: Seriously Famous, Theatre

Countries: Ireland

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 of St Mary's Church. The associated stables are still named for him. His plays include: The Rivals (1775), School for Scandal (1777). Died London.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Old Church Garden - facts

The left-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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R. B. Sheridan - Hertford Street

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751 - 1816, dramatist and statesman lived here, 1...

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R. B. Sheridan - Savile Row

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, dramatist, lived here, B: 1751, D: 1816. {Almost ...

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Sheridan's Stables

"Form rooms" is what many public schools call their class rooms, after the fo...

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Finsbury Park Empire Theatre

Finsbury Park Empire Theatre

Designed by Frank Matcham. One of London’s most popular variety theatres. Here, in January 1921, the magician P. T. Selbit performed the illusion of "sawing a lady in half" - its first public perfo...

Building, Theatre

1 memorial
Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow

Body-builder and entertainer. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He left Prussia to avoid military service and travelled through Europe perfecting his p...

Person, Sport / Games, Theatre, Russia, USA

1 memorial
Walter Macqueen-Pope

Walter Macqueen-Pope

Theatre manager and historian. Born Walter James Macqueen-Pope in Farnham, Surrey. He was business manager at many London theatres including the Queens, the Duke of York's and the London Palladium....

Person, History, Theatre

1 memorial
Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier

Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier

Born Dorking, Surrey, as Laurence Kerr Olivier. With his wife Vivien Leigh, he managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. Founding Director of the National Theatre, 1963 - 197...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

3 memorials
Barbara Everest

Barbara Everest

Film actor. Born in Southfields, London.  Her career spanned over fifty years. Played Elizabeth the servant in Gaslight (1944). Her day of birth is given as 19 or 9, depending on source.

Person, Cinema, Theatre

1 memorial

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Guardian Angels Church & School

Guardian Angels Church & School

E3, Mile End Road, 377

The school is behind the church.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Copers Cope Area Residents Association

Copers Cope Area Residents Association

Founded to protect and promote the local interests of residents of Central and Northern Beckenham.  

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Jacques Lipchitz

Jacques Lipchitz

Born as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Druskieniki, Lithuania. Died on the island of Capri and was buried on Har Hamenuhot, Jerusalem. External website provides a good chronology and pictures of some works .

Person, Art, Sculpture, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Lithuania

2 memorials
Wenlock Barn Estate

Wenlock Barn Estate

This BL plan of the parish of Wenlock Barn is from 1799.

Place, Property

1 memorial