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
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, 1882 - 1965, aircraft designer lived here, 1909 - 1910. English Heritage.
Walter de la Mare OM, CH, 1873 - 1956, poet and novelist, lived here 1912 - 1956. The London Borough of Bromley
This is a very unusual memorial to be found on the outside of a church - lovely art nouveauish design, a vanquished dragon, and rich blue...
Unveiled by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and a Rifles contingent of ten.
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