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Members of the original National Theatre company

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The National Theatre company was founded in July 1962 and the first performance was given at the Old Vic on 22 October 1963.

There is a permanent exhibition about the history of the National Theatre in the Olivier Circle Gallery.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Members of the original National Theatre company

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Laurence Olivier statue

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...

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Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother.  Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife.  Aged 18 joined the army medical...

Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre

2 memorials
Bertram W. Mills

Bertram W. Mills

Son of a proprietor of a coaching firm in Paddington who built coaches, provided services to funerals and owned two small farms, one at Chalfont St Giles where he rested his horses. Bertram was bro...

Person, Animals, Theatre

1 memorial
Eleonora Duse

Eleonora Duse

Actress. Born Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse at the Albergo Cannon d'Oro in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. She played many of Henrik Ibsen's heroines in Europe and America. Made her London debut at the Ly...

Person, Theatre, Italy, USA

1 memorial
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Actor. Born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor of American parents at Heathwood, 8 Wildwood Road, Hampstead. Fearing the outbreak of war, her family moved to America in 1939. She was seen as a potential fil...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

1 memorial
Circus Friends Association

Circus Friends Association

Founded, as the Circus Fans' Association, in 1934 at Olympia, with the 'involvement and encouragement of Bertram Mills' Circus, to 'champion the cause of the circus in England, to right injustice, ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Theatre

1 memorial