The site of this building forms part of what was once the precinct of the Priory of S. John-the-Baptist, Holywell. Within a few yards stood, from 1577 to 1598, the first London building specially devoted to the performance of plays and known as 'The Theatre'.
EC2, Curtain Road, 86-90
: planning permission was granted to build a theatre on this site.
2023: Now the plans are for housing and a .
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
The Theatre
The site of The Theatre is the tall building to the left in the picture. Ofte...
Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
The Theatre
Our photo of the plaque was taken 10 years before the photo of the building, and time had not improved the view, but, 2022, the building ...
We believe that the Roman numeral date is untranslatable and ought to be MCMXXXIV, which would translate as 1934, Woodward's year of deat...
From Newham Stories (2018: that link not working but Newham Story has the text) we learn that there used to be another plaque commemorati...
Our photograph manages to exclude the Great West Road which is constantly thundering nearby.
Joaquim Nabuco, 1849-1910, eminent Brazilian statesman and diplomat, lived here, 1900-1905.
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