Erection date: 22/8/2018
Site of the Red Bull Playhouse, c.1605 - 1665, 17th-century theatre.
London Borough of Islington
Seems they found so little information about this theatre that they filled the space on the plaque with tautology (specific dates and '17th century').
Unveiled by Alexander Armstrong, a descendent of Edward Somerset, fourth earl of Worcester, one-time patron of the Red Bull Theatre.
EC1, Hayward’s Place, 3
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Red Bull Theatre
The inn's owner converted the inn-yard into the theatre. Parliament banned th...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Red Bull Theatre
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
English Heritage Paul Robeson, 1898 - 1976, singer and actor, lived here, 1929 - 1930.
2017: Our colleague, Alan Patient, informed us that this plaque has gone.
Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor', lived here. London County Council
Note that this is not an English Heritage blue plaque, and no one else is taking the credit either.
This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names...
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