Venue for concerts, plays and lectures, designed by, funded by, and named for W. F. R. Stanley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Venue for concerts, plays and lectures, designed by, funded by, and named for W. F. R. Stanley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Stanley Halls
W. F. R. Stanley, 1829 - 1909, inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist foun...
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near poverty and was afflicted with a pronounced speech impediment. The first actor to be knighted. 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyc...
Designed by Sprague, this theatre is one of a pair (the other being the Ambassadors next door) commissioned by Richard Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke, an aristocrat and politician with an interest...
This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...
Actor. Born Ira Frederick Aldridge in New York City (his date of birth is approximate). He started his acting career with the African Company in the early 1820s, but faced with racial discriminatio...
Actress. Born Vienna. Wife to Charles Kemble, with daughter Fanny. Died near Chertsey.