Edmund Kean, Sarah Baker, and Charles Kemble green plaque

This green commemorative plaque records: This building was formerly the Tunbridge Wells theatre, built in 1802 by Sarah Baker. Many actors, later famous, played here, including Edmund Kean and Charles Kemble. Before the alteration of the county boundary, the theatre had the stage in Sussex and the auditorium in Kent. It later became the Corn Exchange. The building was extensively re-constructed in 1989.

Edmund Kean was a renowned English actor celebrated for his intense and powerful performances; Sarah Baker was an entrepreneur who built the Tunbridge Wells theatre in 1802; Charles Kemble, a significant figure in early 19th-century British theatre, also performed at this venue.