How was the building planned?
A Building Committee, under the joint chairmanship of Laurence Olivier and Norman Marshall worked out the brief for the stage areas. The committee included many immensely experienced theatre directors, designers and technicians – Stephen Arlen, Michael Benthall, Peter Brook, George Devine, John Dexter, Frank Dunlop, Michael Elliott, Roger Furse, William Gaskill, Peter Hall, Jocelyn Herbert, Sean Kenny, Norman Marshall, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Laurence Olivier, Richard Pilbrow, Michel St Denis, Robert Stephens. Kenneth Tynan was also consulted.
