Blue Plaque honour for Bradford theatre pioneer Esmé Church
Source: BBC
A pioneer of theatre in the north of England has been honoured with a Blue Plaque in Bradford.Actress Esmé Church was born in 1893 in London and joined the Old Vic Company in 1927, where she performed major Shakespearean roles including Lady Macbeth and Hamlet's mother Gertrude. She moved into directing at the Greyhound Theatre in Croydon, then led the Old Vic's drama school, before becoming artistic director at…
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