As this blog post was a competition, I had actually done a bit of research to help me try and locate the graves of actors who are buried in Westminster Abbey. Yes, I am way too competitive. Much to my dismay, however, you could not take pictures, making it hard to complete this competition. The list of actors that I had came from a filtered search on the official Westminster Abbey website. Some of these graves were unmarked, but I was going to do my best to locate the cloisters in which they resided. The list that I composed consisted of:
Peggy Ashcroft - Poet's Corner
Spranger Barry -North Cloister (unmarked)
Thomas Betterton - East Cloister (unmarked)
Barton Booth - South Transept
Anne Bracegirdle - East Cloister
Susanna Cibber - North Cloister
Noel Coward - South Choir Aisle
Samuel Foote - West Cloister
David Garrick - Poet's Corner
John Henderson - Poet's Corner
Henry Irving - Poet's Corner
Ben Jonson - Poet's Corner
John Philip Kemble - Chapel of St. Andrew
Ann Oldfield - South aisle of the nave
Laurence Olivier - South Transept
Hannah Pritchard - Poet's Corner
Sarah Siddons - North Transept
Sybil Thorndike - South Choir Aisle
I was only able to snag one picture.
I think we have a winner! Your prize to be awarded in next week's class.
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