Venue for concerts, plays and lectures, designed by, funded by, and named for W. F. R. Stanley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Stanley Halls
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W. F. R. Stanley - blue plaque
W. F. R. Stanley, 1829 - 1909, inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist foun...
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T. E. Collcutt
Architect. Born Thomas Edward Collcutt, in Jericho, Oxford. President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1906 to 1908. He designed the Imperial Institute building in Kensington, the ...
1 memorial
George Grossmith, Snr
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1 memorial
Pollock's toy theatre shop
This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...
1 memorial
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Theatre impresario. Born Greek Street. Suggested that Sullivan should work on Gilbert's "Trial by Jury" and staged the first performance in 1875. In 1879 D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company was formed and...
5 memorials
Marie Studholme
Actress and singer. Born Caroline Maria Lupton in Eccleshill, Bradford. She made her theatrical debut in 1891 in the chorus of the operetta 'La Cigalle'. She graduated to small roles and eventually...
1 memorial
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