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This bronze commemorative plaque records: The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre patron his Majesty King George the Fifth was opened on the 23rd day of April 1932 by his Royal Highness Edward Prince of Wales and built by International Subscription. President of the Governors, Chairman of the Council the Viscount Burnham, Sir Archibald Flower. Architects Elisabeth Scott, Maurice Chesterton, John Casherherd. Superstructure G.E. Wallis & Sons Ltd. Foreman E.G. Miller. Foundations Holliday & Greenwood Ltd. Foreman J Farndon. Clerk of works P C Long. Secretary to Fund H Fossell

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, opened by Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on April 23, 1932, commemorates William Shakespeare and serves as a significant cultural landmark dedicated to his works. King Edward VIII, who briefly reigned from January to December 1936, is remembered for abdicating the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, an act that caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom.

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