Simon Callow for English Heritage's blue plaque scheme on Charles Laughton | 5x15

5x15 is delighted to announce a new collaboration with English Heritage, and a very special celebration of the London blue plaques scheme. A familiar sight across the capital, these much-loved blue roundels highlight the links between people and place, commemorating notable figures from the past and the buildings in which they lived or worked.

The London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world. Run by English Heritage, there are now 1,000 plaques right across the capital, on buildings humble and grand, honouring the significant women and men who have lived or worked in them. For more information, visit www.english-heritage.org.uk/blue-plaques

Simon Callow CBE is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love and Phantom of the Opera. Callow’s books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, a biographical trilogy of Orson Welles and his memoir My Life in Pieces. His acting credits in productions of works by and about Dickens include The Mystery of Charles Dickens, Dr Marigold and Mr Chops, and A Christmas Carol, and playing Dickens himself in the BBC’s Dr Who. He has also written an anthology of Shakespeare passages, Shakespeare on Love, and contributed to Cambridge's Actors on Shakespeare series. He is currently at work on the fourth volume of his life of Orson Welles biography series. His biography of Wagner, Inside Wagner's Head, will be published in early 2017.

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