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...
George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived here. Greater London Council
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
We've not done well with this memorial. Can't explain the connection (assuming there is one) between King William and St Katharine's Doc...
Dr John Fry, 1922 - 1994, pioneering family doctor, world renowned researcher in primary care, & innovator in evidence based medicine...
These large commemoration panels are situated inside the porch of Bentley House. The Richard Bentley panel is on the western side of the ...
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