Erection date: 2013
On this site stood the Gaiety Theatre, built in 1903 for impresario George Edwardes. The theatre opened with the performance of 'The Orchid' and until it was closed in 1939 remained the home of musical comedy and one of London's most famous playhouses.
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The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Theatre manager. Born Lincolnshire. Â His cousins were Irish theatre managers ...
 Before the Aldwych development in 1906 the street pattern was very different...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Gaiety Theatre
Gaiety Theatre On this site until 1957 stood the re-sited Gaiety Theatre whic...
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here. AD 606 - a convent AD 1106 - a priory AD 1540 - a parish church...
London County Council Sir Nigel Playfair, 1874-1934, actor-manager lived here.
In 1997, as a condition of developing the RNH site, Bellway Homes (the developer) was required to create one acre of public open space - ...
Downham Health & Leisure Centre officially opened by Steve Bullock, the Mayor of Lewisham and David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture. T...
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