designed by architect James George Buckle in 1884. From WW1 onwards it endured periods of closure until Joan LIttlewood arrived with her Theatre Workshop Company in 1953. The image shows the theatre in 1963, and confirms that, even then, the front looked more like the back.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Joan Littlewood - Stratford plaque
Joan Littlewood, 1914 - 2002, theatre director. The sculpture by Philip Jacks...
Other Subjects
The Mousetrap
The world's longest running play - still going in 2013. Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson. We've heard the butler did it.
2 memorials
Dame Joan Plowright, CBE
Actor. Born Lincolnshire. Married Laurence Olivier in 1961 and survived as his widow in 1989. Died Northwood, London.
1 memorial
Dick Whittington's cat
See Dick Whittington. The picture is the charming logo adopted by the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill.
1 memorial
Gatti family
Swiss-Italian family. Restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs. Four generations of note, all born in Dongio, Val di Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland: Carlo; Agostino (18...
1 memorial
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