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Ashcroft blue plaque revealed at her South Croydon birthplace
Some 33 years after her death, English Heritage has today unveiled a blue plaque for Peggy Ashcroft, probably the most famous actress to have come from Croydon. The unveiling of Dame Peggy’s plaque, at her childhood home, 1A Tirlemont Road … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Bertold Brecht, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, David Lean, David Lean Cinema, John Gelgud, Paul Robeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Hall, Peter O'Toole, Royal Shakespeare Company, Samuel Beckett, Sir David Lean, South Croydon, Stratford Upon Avon, The Old Vic, Tirlemont Road, William Shakespeare
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Artist Henry Wallis and affair that caused a Victorian scandal
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A prominent artist, who scandalised Victorian society when having an affair with a married woman, and later worked as an Egyptologist and early collector of ceramics for the V&A, has been long overlooked in Croydon, where he lived … Continue reading
