Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre.
Born in London as William Charles James Lewin. Terriss was murdered as he entered the theatre at a back door by a disgruntled/deranged former employee/fellow actor, Richard Prince.
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Philip Massinger
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Vivien Leigh
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Michael Flanders
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Eric Sykes
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Frederick Park
Park and Ernest Boulton were 'Fanny and Stella', the celebrated Victorian cross-dressers. Little is available about Park but see Boulton for their joint activities.
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Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The Golden Jubilee Weekend took place between 1 and 4 June 2002 in London.
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Saville Theatre - Holmes
WC2, Shaftesbury Avenue, Odeon Covent Garden
Ornamental Passions thinks this probably represents Tod Slaughter in the role, but we are not convinced. We can't find an image of Slaugh...
1 subject commemorated,
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Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - entrance
SW7, South Carriage Drive
The information board you can see in the photo has a plan showing the location of the 5 different plaques that commemorate the Great Exhi...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Chartists
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain, which took its name from the People's Charter of 1838. It began among skilled workers in small shops, and handloom workers in ...
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