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...
Other Subjects
Eric Sykes
Scriptwriter and actor. Born in Oldham, Lancashire. As a writer, he worked with Spike Milligan on the early scripts for the Goon Shows. He wrote for many of the major comedians of the day, includin...
1 memorial
Tommy Steele
Musician and actor. Born Thomas William Hicks in Bermondsey. He was promoted as the British Elvis Presley and had his first chart success with 'Singin' the Blues'. Many hits followed and in time, h...
2 memorials
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.
1 memorial
Ian Albery
Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells when the new theatre opened in October 1998.
1 memorial
Lord Bernard Miles
Actor and theatre manager. Born Bernard James Miles at 1 Poplar Terrace, New Road, Hillingdon. He started acting in the 1930s appearing in many of the patriotic films of WW2, and specialising in pe...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Church WW1 Memorial
E8, Kingsland Road
Very sad - a stump of a memorial that is also weathered into illegibility.
1 subject commemorated
Bloomsbury Group - Gordon Square
WC1, Gordon Square, 50
Here and in neighbouring houses during the first half of the 20th century there lived several members of the Bloomsbury Group, including ...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Charles Bridgeman
Landscape gardener. As Royal Gardener 1726-38, he laid out Kensington Gardens for Queen Caroline. Apart from when he was staying away on the job, he lived from 1723 to his death at what is now 5...
3 memorials
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
181 memorials
London and Birmingham Railway
Built the first intercity line into London (Euston), opened in sections, 1837- 8, engineered by Robert Stephenson. Merged with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway. The image...
1 memorial
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