Group    From 1875 

Shakespeare Reading Society

Categories: History, Theatre

Active in 1909 with Beerbohm Tree as President.

2018: Via Facebook Roger W. Haworth wrote to say that this organisation is active, with Judi Dench as President. We are pleased to hear that and sorry for all the toil and trouble that our previous misunderstand may have caused.

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Shakespeare Reading Society

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Globe Theatre plaque

This plaque was fixed to the wall of the brewery Barclay, Perkins & Co. ...

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Stella Newton

Stella Newton

Fashion designer and dress historian, who brought the history of fashion to bear on art history and the dating of paintings. She designed for the theatre and for fashion, having her own shop in the...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, History

1 memorial
William Watkiss Lloyd

William Watkiss Lloyd

Born Homerton. Classical and literary scholar. Although he worked in his cousin’s tobacco manufacturing firm until his retirement, he devoted all his spare time to the study of art, architecture,...

Person, History

1 memorial
Polish Heritage Society

Polish Heritage Society

Exists to remember, record and propagate among the wider British public the contribution of Poles to our shared, common cultural and historical heritage within the United Kingdom.

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Poland

4 memorials
John Richard Green

John Richard Green

Historian. Born in Oxford. Took orders and was vicar of St Philip's, Stepney. Became a librarian in Lambeth and wrote a number of history books, e.g. "A History of the English People", "The Making ...

Person, History

1 memorial
Black British Heritage

Black British Heritage

They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese.  Something fishy going on.

Group, History, Race Issues

1 memorial