Group    From 1875 

Shakespeare Reading Society

Categories: History, Theatre

Active in 1909 with Beerbohm Tree as President.

2018: Via Facebook Roger W. Haworth wrote to say that this organisation is active, with Judi Dench as President. We are pleased to hear that and sorry for all the toil and trouble that our previous misunderstand may have caused.

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Shakespeare Reading Society

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Globe Theatre plaque

This plaque was fixed to the wall of the brewery Barclay, Perkins & Co. ...

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Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc

Poet, essayist and historian. Born France. Catholic. His works include 'Cautionary Tales for Children', in which Matilda told lies and was burnt to death. Died Guildford.

Person, History, Literature, Poetry, France

2 memorials
A. J. P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor

Historian and broadcaster. Born Alan John Percivale Taylor in Birkdale, Lancashire. A lecturer in modern history at Manchester University and in international history at Oxford. His major works inc...

Person, History, Literature, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Dr John Venn

Dr John Venn

Logician and philosopher.  Born Hull where his father was vicar of a local parish. Grandson of Rev John Venn.   Inventor of the Venn diagram.  In 1888 he seems to have tired of logic and turned to ...

Person, History, Science

1 memorial
François Guizot

François Guizot

Historian and statesman. Born François Pierre Guillaume at Nimes, France. His father was executed during the 'Reign of Terror' and he and his mother fled to Geneva. Eventually he went to Paris to s...

Person, History, Politics & Administration, France, Switzerland

1 memorial
Sir Walter Besant

Sir Walter Besant

Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society of Authors. Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Originator of the People's Palace.  First president of The Hamp...

Person, Community / Clubs, History, Literature

3 memorials