Sir Henry Irving laid the coping stone of this building 1905.
W1, Wardour Street, 41
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping stones, symbolically the first and last stones in the construction of a house.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near pover...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Sarah Bernhardt laid the foundation stone of this building 1904.
Willy Clarkson, 1861 - 1934, theatrical wigmaker, lived and died here. London...
This is probably the 'opening' stone for the hospital which was begun in 1907. At first we read Abraham's initials as J. C. but whilst r...
The name of the house in which the school was housed started as Bowling Green House. It was changed to Grove House. see our page for the...
English Heritage George Devine, 1910-1966, actor, artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre, 1956-1965, lived here.
MacKenzie King did not come all the way from Canada just to open this bridge; he happened to be in London for the coronation of King Geor...
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