Walter Nugent Monck blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Maddermarket Theatre Built in 1794 as a Roman Catholic chapel, the theatre was purchased in 1921 by William Nugent Blight Monck CBE and converted into the home of the Guild of Norwich Players. It was the first permanent recreation of an Elizabethan Theatre. The Guild became the Maddermarket Theatre Company in 1993. In 1940 George Bernard Shaw wrote to Monck: "There is nothing in British theatrical history more extraordinary than your creation of the Maddermarket Theatre..." Recorded plaque organisation: Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust.

Walter Nugent Monck CBE was a key figure in establishing the Maddermarket Theatre, converting it into Britain's first permanent recreation of an Elizabethan theatre, significantly impacting theatrical performance and historical reenactment.