William Shakespeare acted at The Theatre, built by James Burbage. Plays by Shakespeare were performed here.
London Borough of Hackney
It is thought that Shakespeare lived in Norton Folgate, close to here.
EC2, Curtain Road, 86-90
February 2013: planning permission was granted to build a theatre on this site.
2023: Now the plans are for housing and a Shakespeare Museum.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare - The Theatre
The site of The Theatre is the tall building to the left in the picture. Ofte...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare - The Theatre
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare - The Theatre
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...
By 2008 when we heard about this plaque it had been hidden/removed behind long-term building works. From Network Rail we learnt that it ...
Our picture, just, shows the entire southern side of this street. This foundation stone was laid in 1922 and the Vaughan Estate opened i...
Plaque unveiled by the then Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Catherine Longworth and Miles Stead his great great grandson.
Ornamental Passions have a good post about the grand mansion at the end of this 1770s development.
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