Person    | Male  Born 29/5/1885  Died 4/5/1959

Ashley Dukes

Categories: Theatre

Playwright, critic and theatre manager. Founded the Mercury Theatre. Husband of Dame Marie Rambert.

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Ashley Dukes

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Mercury Theatre

Here stood the Mercury Theatre, 1931 - 1987, founded by author and playwright...

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Sir Henry Taylor

Sir Henry Taylor

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Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Theatre

1 memorial
Hebrew Dramatic Club

Hebrew Dramatic Club

 Londonist have a good post about London’s Lost Yiddish Theatre with an item on this theatre, the first purpose-built Yiddish theatre in London, founded by the actor Jacob Adler. A-misleadingly-nam...

Place, Theatre, Tragedy

1 memorial
Cinema Theatre Association

Cinema Theatre Association

Founded by journalist Eric George, who wanted to draw attention to the magnificent "cinema theatre" movie palaces of the twenties and thirties that were beginning to disappear from our towns and ci...

Group, Cinema, Theatre

1 memorial
Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton was born on 1 July 1899 in the Victoria Hotel, 79 Westborough, Scarborough, Yorkshire, one of the five children of Robert Laughton (1868-1924) and Eliza Laughton (1869-1953). On t...

Person, Armed Forces, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA

1 memorial
Salisbury Court Playhouse

Salisbury Court Playhouse

Built by Richard Gunnell and William Blagrove. The picture source website gives a lot of information.

Place, Theatre

1 memorial

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King William IV, Duke of Clarence

King William IV, Duke of Clarence

The Duke of Clarence became King William IV (The Sailor King), reigning 1830 to 1837. Had a long live-in affair with the actress Mrs Jordan which produced 10 children, all given the surname FitzCla...

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3rd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

3rd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort

6th Earl of Leicester. Born France, with connections to French and English aristocracy. Married Eleanor, Henry III's sister in 1238. Built the Savoy Palace in 1245. Leader of the Second Barons' War...

Person, Politics & Administration, France

2 memorials