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Garrick Theatre
Built for W S Gilbert in 1889, the Garrick Theatre has continued to thrive largely on a mixed diet of comedy, comedy-drama and farce. The theatre is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of actor manager Arthur Bourchier, a notorious hater of newspaper critics.
A joint venture by the City of Westminster and the Society of West End Theatre.
WC2, Charing Cross Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garrick Theatre
Built for W S Gilbert in 1889, the Garrick Theatre has continued to thrive la...
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Speen, Berkshire. Made his first stage app...
Playwright, lyricist & poet. Born 17 Southampton Street as William Schwen...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Garrick Theatre
1908 Formed as West End Theatre Managers. 1976 By now it is called Society o...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
Plaque unveiled by the broadcaster George Alagiah, a local resident.
This must be the most surreal street in London. It has pavements and kerbs, and a cobbled road-way. So far, so good, but the pavement is ...
The plaque is located on a block of flats at the far end of a 'gated' estate. Even our longest lens setting could not produce a reasonabl...
2019: The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group tell us that this plaque was installed in 2002/3 before they had established th...
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
Note: this is not Cooks' Cottage - that started life in North Yorkshire and in 1933 was moved to Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate the 1934 centenary of that city's foundation. It was replaced wit...
For another lovely Gothic pump, possibly the same model, see Enfield Market.
That looks to us very much like the bust that Maisky and his wife unveiled at Holford Gardens, unfinished of course.
