William Macready, Harriet Siddons, Henry Siddons, and James Crichton green plaque

This green commemorative plaque records: St. Ann's Lane. One of the Kirk Vennels leading from the South High Gait, now South Street, to the Burgh Kirk, passing in part through a former Mediaeval graveyard which adjoined the Chapel of St. Ann, the site of which was later occupied by the famous Grammar School of Perth. The so-called School Vennel saw the early scholastic days of the "Admirable" Crichton, Lord George Murray of the '45, Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of England and many other distinguished persons. In 1810 the school because the town Theatre, where Mr. and Mrs. Henry Siddons, Mr. Macready and other famous actors of the period appeared. A centre of early tourist traffic in the coaching era, the lane contained Champion Inn with stabling for four horses. The Perthshire Constitutional and Journal was published in the lane from 1835 - 1948.

William Macready, Harriet Siddons, Henry Siddons, and James Crichton were notable figures in British theatre; Macready and the Siddons were celebrated actors who performed at the former Perth Grammar School turned theatre in 1810, while James Crichton, known as the "Admirable Crichton," began his scholastic career at this same institution, contributing to its historical significance.