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The Hartford Courant has posted a poorly-organized but nearly complete history of productions at the theater. [7] It was the home of the American Shakespeare Festival. [8] The last full season of the festival as a producing organization was 1982. The last production on the theater stage was a one-person show of The Tempest in September 1989. [1]
The theatre is also scheduled under the Stratford District Plan. [6] The King's Theatre is now a dual-purpose theatre screening both films and plays. The theatre plays host to a national secondary school Shakespeare competition as well as the local Shakespeare Festival. Aside from the programmer all staff are unpaid volunteers. [2]
Stratford-upon-Avon and West End (2013-14) [ edit ] In January 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that it would stage adaptations by Mike Poulton of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies in its Winter season in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon beginning previews from 11 December 2013, with press performances on 8 January 2014 ...
Several of the Shakespeare companies that exist in Connecticut today, including Capital Classics’ Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival and New Haven’s Elm Shakespeare Company, started back then.
The following is a list of notable actors who have appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and at Stratford. ... Frances de la Tour [148] David Troughton [26]
The Festival Theatre. This page describes the production history of the Stratford Festival.. The Stratford Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Stratford Festival of Canada, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival) is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario. [1]
The 1970 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of A Midsummer Night's Dream was directed by Peter Brook, and is often known simply as Peter Brook's Dream. It opened in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon and then moved to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End in 1971. It was taken on a world tour in 1972–1973.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Elisabeth Whitworth Scott (20 September 1898 – 19 June 1972) was a British architect who designed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. This was the first important public building in Britain to be designed by a female architect. [1] [2]