Actor and theatre manager. Born Paris, into an international theatre family. ‘Father of Modern Pantomime', he introduced stars of popular music hall into his Christmas pantomimes.
From aged 27 for the rest of his life he ran the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and was nick-named 'Druriolanus'. He founded the Drury Lane Lodge of Freemasons, mainly consisting of actors, which, we believe, still meets at the theatre.
Died at home, 2 Bedford Place.
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Sir Augustus Harris
The cherubs hold theatrical masks. Musical instruments adorn the outer pilla...
Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
Actor-manager. Ran the St James's Theatre from about 1891 until his death in 1918.
Actor. Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji in Snaiton, Yorkshire to an English mother and an Indian Kenyan father. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and also performed with the Royal National Theatre....
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Castle Street, Dublin (his birth year is approximate). He possibly performed as a strolling player and had arrived in London by 1691, where he quickly achieved su...
Actress. Possibly born in Pall Mall. Worked a lot for the Drury Lane company. Died at home in Grosvenor Street at 59 or 60, depending on source - perhaps the street has been renumbered.
Roman Catholic archbishop in El Salvador, assassinated.
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