Actor, theatre builder and manager.
Built The Theatre in Curtain Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Burbage
Commemorated ati
Shakespeare - The Theatre
It is thought that Shakespeare lived in Norton Folgate, close to here.
Other Subjects
Vivien Leigh
Born Darjeeling, India. With her husband Laurence Olivier, she managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. She led a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign to try and save it. Di...
4 memorials
Sarah Bernhardt
born in Paris in 1844. Oscar Wilde wrote Salome for her. Died 1923.
1 memorial
Joan Littlewood
Theatre director. Born Stockwell. 1945 set up the Theatre Workshop which moved into the Stratford Theatre Royal in 1953, many of the company living on site while it was being restored. 1963 created...
3 memorials
Jenny Agutter
Actor. Born Jennifer Ann Agutter in Taunton, Somerset. Best remembered for playing the role of 'Bobbie' in the 1970 film version of the Railway Children. She had played the same role in a televisio...
1 memorial
Samuel Phelps
Actor/manager, born in Devonport. In his early working life he worked on the York theatre circuit and acted in numerous tragic roles. In 1837 played Shylock at the Haymarket. He then had a short r...
2 memorials
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