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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Joseph Ritson, FSA

Joseph Ritson, FSA

Literary antiquarian.  Born Co. Durham.  Trained as a lawyer and from 1780 had chambers in Gray's Inn where he specialised in conveyancing. Odd in a number of ways: aged 20 converted to vegetarian...

Person, History, Literature

1 memorial
St John's Wood Heritage

St John's Wood Heritage

We can find no information but assume this is/was a group created to protect the heritage of St John's Wood.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Roy Porter

Roy Porter

Historian. Born Roy Sydney Porter at Foxholes, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Published his first book 'The Making of Geology in Britain' in 1977. He was a lecturer at Cambridge and the Wellcome Institute...

Person, History, Literature, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Michael Winner

Michael Winner

Film director, producer and restaurant critic. Born 40 Belsize Grove. Directed 42 movies, including Death Wish in 1974, many of which were either panned or criticised for their violence and misogyn...

Person, Cinema, Food & Drink, History, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Dick Moy

Dick Moy

Richard Francis Moy was born on 6 May 1932, the son of Richard Albert Moy (1902-1971) and Doris Winifred Garrood (1907-2009). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1932 in the Lambeth regi...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial