The RSC at Fifty

The editors of The Stage newspaper have asked me to write a piece commemorating fifty years of the RSC. This has made me delve into memories of more than half a century’s Stratford theatre-going. I came here first for a short holiday in 1954, when I saw four plays. My main memories are of Barbara […]

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• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Adrian Noble, All's Well That Ends Well, Anthony Nicholls, Anthony Quayle, Antony Sher, Barbara Jefford, Barry Kyle, Charles Laughton, Coriolanus, David Waller, Deborah Warner, Derek Godfrey, Derek Jacobi, Desmond Barritt, Dominic Cooke, Donald Sinden, Dorothy Tutin, Eric Porter, Harry Andrews, Ian McKellen, Ian Richardson, John Barton, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Ken Alexander, Laurence Olivier, Michael Attenborough, Paul Hardwick, Paul Robeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Brook, Peter Hall, Peter Woodthorpe, Richard Pasco, Robert Stephens, Shakespeare, Stanley Wells, stratford upon avon, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Taming of the Shrew, Toby Stephens, Tony Church, Troilus and Cressida, Tyrone Guthire
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