The site of this building forms part of what was once the precinct of the Priory of S. John-the-Baptist, Holywell. Within a few yards stood, from 1577 to 1598, the first London building specially devoted to the performance of plays and known as 'The Theatre'.
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:
The Theatre
The site of The Theatre is the tall building to the left in the picture. Ofte...
Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
The Theatre
The designers of this plaque seem to be anticipating the need for additional memorials.
Kennedy plaque to the right, Morgan's to the left. The Royal College of General Practitioners has a good page on the history of 13-14. In...
Unveiled on the same day as the Nissel plaque. We learnt something typing this plaque - the correct spelling of "ophthalmologist". The m...
 British Jews in the First World War provides a personal profile for each of the WW1 names. The WW1 list of names is identical to that l...
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