Founded by Ashley Dukes as a new stage for plays by poets.
The plaque gives 1931 as the start date, but Wikipedia gives 1933. Possibly for those first 3 years it was a home for the Ballet Club and not yet a theatre.
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Mercury Theatre
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Mercury Theatre
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Sam Wanamaker
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Richard Burton
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