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Title
Shakespeare Plaque
Date
1788
Medium
Coade stone
Accession number
ST5_MK_S010
Acquisition method
originally commissioned for the Newcastle and Potteries Theatre
Work type
Relief
Owner
Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council
Custodian
New Vic Theatre
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
25th November 1987
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / This Coade stone plaque, made in Lambeth, belongs to the ancient Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme. / It stood on the front of the famous Newcastle and Potteries Theatre from its building in 1788 to its / demolition in 1963. The Borough has kindly allowed it to be mounted on the New Victoria Theatre. It was unveiled here / by her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, on 25 November 1987