City of Westminster
William Terriss, 1847 - 1897, hero of the Adelphi melodramas, met his untimely end outside this theatre, 16 Dec 1897.
The Adelphi Theatre Co. Ltd
WC2, Maiden Lane, 19
This is the back of the Adelphi Theatre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre. Born in London as William Charl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Founded as the Sans Parail by John Scott, and his daughter Jane, who was an e...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The quotation is from the Song of Solomon, either chapter 2:17 or 4:6.
The round plaque above reads "London Architecture Medal, 1937, RIBA" and is normally considered sufficient advertisement of the building'...
In the absence of any other source our colleague Andrew Behan has turned to the Post Office telephone directories for the background to t...
Greater London Council Mustapha Reschid Pasha, 1800 - 1858, Turkish statesman and reformer, lived here as Ambassador in 1839.
Sir Henry Irving, 1838 - 1905, actor, lived here, 1872 - 1899. Greater London Council
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