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2007 Laurence Olivier Awards

edition of London theatre awards

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ16952289 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2007 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “2007 Laurence Olivier Awards” as edition of London theatre awards. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Laurence, Olivier and Awards.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Laurence, Olivier and Awards providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “2007 Laurence Olivier Awards”, the useful work is to connect “edition of London theatre awards” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16952289. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2007.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  2. Expand the search: follow 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards primary sources, 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards archive and Laurence research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “2007 Laurence Olivier Awards” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.