Commemorated on 5 plaques
The original Theatre Royal stood on this site from 7th February 1815 to 10th May 1936 when it was destroyed by fire. Many famous actors performed here including Charles Kemble, Mrs Dora Jordan, Joseph Grimaldi, Edmund Kean, William Charles Macready and Mrs Beerbohm Tree.
Theatre Royal, St James Street, King's Lynn, United Kingdom where they performed
Theatre Lane. In 1795 the Theatre Royal, seating 600, was created in Marischal Street by Stephen Kemble, brother of the actor John Philip Kemble. Eminent performers included Charles Macready and Charles Keen. The theatre flourished until 1872 when it was replaced by Her Majesty's Opera House, later the Tivoli, in Guild Street.
Theatre Lane, Virginia Street end, Aberdeen, United Kingdom where they performed
William Charles Macready lived here 1860-1873
6 Wellington Square, Cheltenham, United Kingdom where they lived
This building was erected in 1768 as The Stamford Theatre and was used for more than 100 years. Macready, Kemble, Edmund Kean, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean and other notables performed here.
27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, United Kingdom where they performed
St. Ann's Lane. One of the Kirk Vennels leading from the South High Gait, now South Street, to the Burgh Kirk, passing in part through a former Mediaeval graveyard which adjoined the Chapel of St. Ann, the site of which was later occupied by the famous Grammar School of Perth. The so-called School Vennel saw the early scholastic days of the "Admirable" Crichton, Lord George Murray of the '45, Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of England and many other distinguished persons. In 1810 the school because the town Theatre, where Mr. and Mrs. Henry Siddons, Mr. Macready and other famous actors of the period appeared. A centre of early tourist traffic in the coaching era, the lane contained Champion Inn with stabling for four horses. The Perthshire Constitutional and Journal was published in the lane from 1835 - 1948.
St. Ann's Lane, Perth, United Kingdom where they played