Monument: Joan Littlewood - Stratford statue
Erection date: 4/10/2015
Inscription
{On a plaque attached to the front of the plinth:}
Joan Littlewood
This bronze statue, called The Mother of Modern Theatre, is based on an iconic photograph of Littlewood in the 1970s, when the theatre was threatened with demolition, sitting on rubble in almost exactly this location.
Site: Joan Littlewood (2 memorials)
E15, Theatre Square, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Littlewood set up the Theatre Royal Stratford East and ran it with her partner Gerry Raffles until 1974.
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