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Royal Shakespeare Company
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The Royal Shakespeare Company is a theatre company located in Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Newcastle. It was founded by Peter Hall in 1960.
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Key productions
- The Wars of the Roses , adaptation of the Henry VI plays, directed by Sir Peter Hall (1963-64)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Brook (1970)
- Macbeth, starring Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen (1977)
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980)
- Richard III, starring Sir Antony Sher (1984)
- Les Misérables (1985)
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Lindsay Duncan , Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman (1985)
- The Plantagenets , directed by Adrian Noble (1988)
- The Gift of the Gorgon , starring Dame Judi Dench (1992)
- Hamlet, starring Kenneth Branagh, directed by Adrian Noble (1992)
- This England: The Histories (2000), a season of all Shakespeare's sequential history plays
Artistic directors
- Peter Hall (1960-1968)
- Trevor Nunn (1968-1978)
- Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands (1978-1986)
- Terry Hands (1986-1991)
- Adrian Noble (1991-2003)
- Michael Boyd (2003- )
Notable actors
The following notable actors have appeared in RSC productions.
- Kenneth Branagh
- Judi Dench
- Ralph Fiennes
- Jeremy Irons
- Derek Jacobi
- Alex Jennings
- Jane Lapotaire
- Ian McKellen
- Diana Rigg
- Fiona Shaw
- Antony Sher
- Juliet Stevenson
- Patrick Stewart
- Imogen Stubbs
- David Suchet
- Harriet Walter
- John Wood
External links
- Official homepage http://www.rsc.org.uk/home/index.asp
Last updated: 02-20-2005 19:38:49