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Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built. Believed to lie on the site of an earlier building, about which little is known, the current house is one of the oldest surviving English brick houses. It was remodelled in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The house has been home to Sir William Compton, Richard Sackville, the Barons Coleraine and Sir Rowland Hill, among others. After serving as a school during the 19th century, when a large extension was built to the west, it was converted into a museum exploring the history of the areas which constitute the present London Borough of Haringey and the history of the postal service. The building also houses the archives of the London Borough of Haringey. Since 1892 the grounds have been a public park, Tottenham's oldest. The building was Grade I listed in 1949 and the 17th-century southern and western boundary walls of the park were Grade II listed in 1974. In 1969, the castle additionally became home to the regimental museum of the Middlesex Regiment. (more...)
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- 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, outlawing segregation in schools, public places, and employment by circumventing limitations imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Civil Rights Cases.
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Poster for an 1884 American production of William Shakespeare's Othello starring Thomas W. Keene. Because of its varied themes—racism, love, jealousy and betrayal—Othello remains relevant to the present day and is often performed in professional and community theatres alike. The play has also been the basis for numerous operatic, film and literary adaptations. The production history of Othello has seen some landmark milestones: a 1660 performance was probably the first time a professional actress appeared on a public stage in England, and the 1943 production by Margaret Webster ran for 296 performances, almost twice as long as any other Shakespearean play on Broadway.
Poster credit: W. J. Morgan & Co.
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