Relief

St James's Theatre - Olivier relief

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We choose this as our featured memorial in March 2007 since this year sees the centenary of Olivier's birth. Click here to see the other relief panels rescued from the theatre and also the text on the S.W.E.T. plaque. These memorials are hidden away down the passage between the pub and the modern building now occupying the site of St James's Theatre, which Olivier and Vivien Leigh tried so hard to save.

Site: St James's Theatre (3 memorials)

SW1, King Street, 23-24

The passageway between the pub and the modern building houses the SWET plaque and the Olivier relief. The other 3 reliefs are at the far end of the passageway.

We believe the reliefs used to adorn the balconies of the first building to replace the theatre, now demolished.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St James's Theatre - Olivier relief

Subjects commemorated i

Vivien Leigh

Born Darjeeling, India.  She and her husband Laurence Olivier, managed the St...

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Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier

Born Dorking, Surrey, as Laurence Kerr Olivier. With his wife Vivien Leigh, h...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St James's Theatre - Olivier relief

Created by i

Edward Bainbridge Copnall

Other work in London includes the Light and Sound reliefs on the Vue cinema i...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St James's Theatre - Olivier relief

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St James's Theatre - 3 reliefs

St James's Theatre - 3 reliefs

The four bas-relief panels by Edward Bainbridge Copnall depict the heads of G...

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St James's Theatre - SWET

St James's Theatre - SWET

Theatreland - heart of the performing arts in London. St James's Theatre O...

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