Erection date: 2007
Ira Aldridge, 1807 - 1867, Shakespearian actor, 'The African Roscius', lived here.
English Heritage
Quintus Roscius Gallus was a Roman actor c.100 BC.
SE19, Hamlet Road, 5
We can't answer the obvious question - did he ever play Hamlet?
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
Actor. Born Ira Frederick Aldridge in New York City (his date of birth is app...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The Richmond plaque can be seen in our photo, between the lamppost and the two blackboards.
The two figures are inspired by the figures shown on the wall relief. These depict the two charity scholar figures that were on the facad...
Sir Francis Ronalds, 1788 - 1873, meteorologist, inventor and pioneer of electric telegraphy, lived and worked here, 1796 - 1813. London ...
Freddy Randall, 1921 - 1999, a trumpet-hero and true legend of British jazz, lived in this house. Waltham Forest Heritage
The names on this plaque are difficult to read so take our transcription as tentative.
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