Record

Performance Title	[Pre-Hall Opening] Official Laying of the First Brick of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Mrs Henry Cole [Private]
Performance Date	7 November 1867
Main Performers	Mrs Henry Cole (Marian Cole), Henry Cole - speakers
Set List	Ceremonial Laying of the First Brick (Mrs Henry Cole)
Performance Notes	On this day Sir Henry Cole's wife laid the first of an estimated six million bricks with an inscribed silver trowel (whereabouts unknown).

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Work10598	[Pre-Hall Opening] Official Laying of the First Brick of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Mrs Henry Cole [Private]	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3726	Cole; Sir; Henry (15 July 1808-18 April 1882); FRSA; English civil servant, inventor and chief organiser for the construction of the Royal Albert Hall
DS/UK/22408	Bond; Marian Fairman (1812-19 May 1892)

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