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 the television series 'I Claudius'. In common with Olivier he has been knighted in both Britain and Denmark.
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Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, Scotland
The 1830 map has the Duffield Sluice marked on the river bank just to the north-west of this building, where there is now a patch of gree...
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