Erection date: 2007
Ira Aldridge, 1807 - 1867, Shakespearian actor, 'The African Roscius', lived here.
English Heritage
Quintus Roscius Gallus was a Roman actor c.100 BC.
SE19, Hamlet Road, 5
We can't answer the obvious question - did he ever play Hamlet?
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
Actor. Born Ira Frederick Aldridge in New York City (his date of birth is app...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ira Aldridge
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The creators of the access cover have a web page for it, where we learnt that is is a one-off Thames Water-specified Wrekin Unite D400 ma...
Florence Keen, 1868 - 1942, founder of North Islington School for Mothers, later Manor Gardens Centre. London Borough of Islington Manor ...
Bob Speel informs that this roundel was designed by Lethaby and modelled by Thornycroft.
Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, composer, songwriter and entertainer, lived here 1961 - 1994. The Battersea Society
The plaque misspells Hutchison and gives Scotland as the place of birth, which contradicts Kennington, given by Wikipedia and ODNB.
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