Theatre manager impresario. Born Melbourne, Australia. Moved when young to England and helped his mother manage a music hall in Liverpool. Very successful and merged with his competitor to form the Stoll Moss Group, managing an Empire or Coliseum in most large towns. He arranged for his mother to make the first ticket sale in each new box office. Founder of the Royal Variety Performance in 1912. Died at home 33 Putney Hill.
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Sir Oswald Stoll
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Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Sir Oswald Stoll
Sir Oswald Stoll - theatre impresario & philanthropist
London Coliseum
London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968, The London Colise...
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Sadler's Wells Theatres
From Sadler's Wells: Sadler’s Wells began with "the discovery of a mineral spring in 1683. Richard Sadler built a music house around the spring to rival the already fashionable Tunbridge and Epsom ...
2 memorials
Murder in the Cathedral - London premiere
This verse play by TS Eliot concerning the murder of Becket, had its London premiere at The Duchess Theatre in 1936.
1 memorial
Hanif Kureishi
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his career as a pornography writer, but progressed to writing plays for several London fringe theatres. His novels include '...
1 memorial
Peggy Ashcroft
Actor. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon.
1 memorial
Camden Roundhouse
Built to service trains using Euston, London's first railway terminus. It became obsolete by 1855 when locomotives outgrew its turntable. It then became a warehouse for Gilbey's Gin. In the 1960s t...
1 memorial
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Sir William Bowman
Ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist. Best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Born...
1 memorial
Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station
WC1, Ridgmount Street, 2
The 'B' plaque is at the top right of the wall.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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