Erection date: 2013
On this site stood the Gaiety Theatre, built in 1903 for impresario George Edwardes. The theatre opened with the performance of 'The Orchid' and until it was closed in 1939 remained the home of musical comedy and one of London's most famous playhouses.
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The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Theatre manager. Born Lincolnshire. His cousins were Irish theatre managers ...
Before the Aldwych development in 1906 the street pattern was very different...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Gaiety Theatre On this site until 1957 stood the re-sited Gaiety Theatre whic...
The Susan Daniel Rose Bed The roses in this flower bed are named after Susan Daniel who lives in Islington. The rose was introduced at t...
Sir Henry Irving, 1838 - 1905, actor, lived here, 1872 - 1899. Greater London Council
Born 1881, editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, E. V. Knox (Evoe), essayist and poet, lived here from 1945 until his death in 1971.
This plaque, on the right flank wall of the red brick building, was unveiled on the same day as the Dallos plaque. The building which h...
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