1908 Formed as West End Theatre Managers.
1976 By now it is called Society of West End Theatre.
1994 Renamed Society of London Theatre.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Society of West End Theatre/London Theatre
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Alhambra Theatre
Theatreland - heart of the performing arts in London. Alhambra Theatre On t...
Apollo Theatre
Apollo Theatre Originally intended for musicals the Apollo Theatre opened in ...
Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home f...
Gaiety Theatre - SWET
Gaiety Theatre On this site until 1957 stood the re-sited Gaiety Theatre whic...
Garrick Theatre
Theatreland - heart of the performing arts in London. Garrick Theatre Bui...
Other Subjects
Sir Cecil Beaton
Photographer, painter, interior designer and designer for stage and screen. Born 21 Langland Gardens, Hampstead. Excelling in a number of art forms he had equally catholic tastes in his affairs, wi...
Person, Cinema, Craft / Design, Photography, Seriously Famous, Theatre
3 memorials
Thomas Doggett
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Castle Street, Dublin (his birth year is approximate). He possibly performed as a strolling player and had arrived in London by 1691, where he quickly achieved su...
1 memorial
Sir David Hare
Playwright, screenwriter and director. Born in St Leonards-on-Sea. Best known for his stage plays including 'Plenty', 'Racing Demon' and 'Amy's View'. He has also written the scripts for many telev...
1 memorial
Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier
Born Dorking, Surrey, as Laurence Kerr Olivier. With his wife Vivien Leigh, he managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. Founding Director of the National Theatre, 1963 - 197...
3 memorials
Enid Bagnold
Novelist and playwright. Born Enid Algerine Bagnold at Borstal Cottage, Rochester, Kent. She spent several years of her childhood in Jamaica, where her father, a military engineer had been posted. ...
1 memorial
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2 memorials
Olympic Games - 2012
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13 memorials
Samuel Beckett
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1 memorial
Pickwick Bicycle Club
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1 memorial
Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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