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	The Royal Shakespeare Company \| Royal Shakespeare Company 2006
		The RSC is one of the world’s best-known theater companies.
		The RSC plays throughout the year at its home in Stratford-upon-Avon, the town where Shakespeare was born and died.
		The Company’s mission is to keep in touch with Shakespeare as a contemporary, but also to keep modern audiences, artists, and writers in touch with Shakespeare.
	www.umich.edu /pres/rsc/company.html (367 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The company, established in 1960, was based on the earlier Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon.
		The RSC, under a 2002 reorganization, is based in Stratford, where it operates several venues and an academy for the training of classical actors; it also sponsors a variable number of small acting companies, which present Shakespearean and modern plays in Stratford, London, and other locations.
		From 1982 to 2002 the RSC was based also at the Barbican Theatre, London, and at the Aldwych Theatre prior (1960-82) to that.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-royals1ha.html (465 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		Shakespeare is a trendy management subject these days, the plots of the plays are mined for case studies of jealousy, use and abuse of power, and fortitude.
		Much of what the RSC does is conditioned by its history, notes Foy, a one-time Unilever manager whose job, reporting to artistic director and chief executive Adrian Noble, was created last year to speed the changes.
		With a turnover of £32 million and a workforce of around 600 full-time equivalents, the RSC is one of the largest employers in Stratford and a fixture in London.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4226079,00.html (987 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After a 2005-06 winter season with no Shakespeare (with productions/adaptations of The Canterbury Tales, Great Expectations, Women Beware Women and The Crucible), and as their main theatres in Stratford begin building work, in April 2006 the RSC are beginning the Complete Works Festival, a year long project to stage the Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
		The company is the sole British member theatre of the Union of the Theatres of Europe.
		A Dictionary of the RSC by Simon Trowbridge
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company (586 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Ambitious Bard festival under way
		RSC artistic director Michael Boyd told the BBC that the event would be a "national knees-up".
		Shakespeare is traditionally said to have been born on 23 April 1564, and to have died on the same day 52 years later, in 1616.
		Hailed as the biggest theatrical celebration in the company's history, the RSC claims the festival marks the first time all the plays have been staged in one continuous season.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4935658.stm (364 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company
		The Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford upon Avon is planning to embark on a huge multi-million pound rebuilding programme.
		Royal Shakespeare Company Associate Artist Harriet Waiter rejoins the company to play Lady Macbeth in a major new production of Macbeth, directed by Gregory Doran, to open in the Swan Theatre in November 1999 as part of the RSC's Winter Season for the Millennium.
		The Royal Shakespeare Company is one of a select number of theatre companies to receive the 1999 Pearson Playwrights Scheme Award.
	www.cwn.org.uk /arts/rsc/index.html (526 words)

	Education: Royal Shakespeare Company
		Dr Alexander, writing of curtailments in the Stratford programme (exaggerated to the point of 'the RSC opts for closure'), nowhere acknowledges that these are undertaken with the long-term object of enhancing the facilities provided in Stratford at a cost of £100,OO0,000 not easy to raise so as to add to the town's attractions for theatregoers.
		The view that the company should not perform in America is narrowly insular and ignores the fact that for some two hundred years British companies have enhanced the national reputation, as well as, necessarily, their finances, by performing Shakespeare there.
		Adrian Noble, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company, announced today (24 April 2002) that he will not be renewing his contract when it expires at the end of March 2003.
	www.le.ac.uk /engassoc/rsc..html (3560 words)

	The Royal Shakespeare Company: History of the RSC
		The company was granted a Royal Charter in 1925 but a year later the theatre burnt down.
		In 1960 Peter Hall formed the modern Royal Shakespeare Company and The Memorial Theatre was renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
		The Royal Shakespeare Theatre goes from strength to strength and in the 21 st century it is more popular than ever.
	www.nosweatshakespeare.com /royal_shakespeare_company_rsc.htm (355 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company on AboutBritain.com
		The Royal Shakespeare Company is one of the best known theatre companies in the world, operating under its present name since 1961.
		The extension of the geographical spread of the RSC now enables up to 75% of the population to be within a 45 minute drive of the RSC's work at some point in the year.
		The "Man of the Millennium" William Shakespeare, was born in 1564 in the half-timbered house in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.
	www.aboutbritain.com /RoyalShakespeareCompany.htm (817 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), British theater company of international stature, whose repertoire includes works by British dramatist...
		Throughout her career Ashcroft embraced the challenge of new roles in contemporary plays, including a bravura performance in an adaptation of...
		He became associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960.
	encarta.msn.com /Royal_Shakespeare_Company.html (250 words)

	royal shakespeare company
		Founded in 1879 as the Shakespeare Memorial Company, it was established when a local brewer, Charles Flower, donated land adjacent to the river Avon to build the first permanent theatre in Stratford dedicated to performing Shakespeare.
		The new company was christened the Royal Shakespeare Company.
		Despite the company’s international status, its ideals today are the same as those of director Sir Frank Benson in 1905: the RSC is formed around a core of associate actors and actresses whose skills continue, over the years, to give a distinctive and unmistakable approach to theatre.
	dlibrary.acu.edu.au /research/lit/theatres/RSC.htm (571 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company
		To its credit the RSC seems to have taken note of the fact that today anyone who is anyone now wants to do a stint on the London stage.
		The Company may want to take note that although absence makes the heart grow fonder, an absence of ten years or more from the stage means directors must be wary of habits their actors have picked up from the screen, habits that are not transferable to the stage.
		The company of 16 actors have all graduated from drama school this year, but the choice of King Lear as the debut, directed by Declan Donnellan (Cheek by Jowl), is a clear statement that those involved should not be considered as amateurs.
	www.culturewars.org.uk /2002-12/rsc.htm (1570 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Radical times at the RSC
		Noble said the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, built in 1932, was "unwelcoming" and should be demolished and replaced with a new 1,050-seat venue.
		Because the RSC is steeped in centuries of history the radical restructuring of the company has been met with vociferous opposition.
		When Noble took the decision to give the company a major restructuring, one of his aims was to attract star name actors such as Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes, with the flexibility of working around their other commitments.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2151190.stm (597 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company Dramatized Bible
		William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the picturesque english town of Stratford upon Avon.
		All that is known of Shakespeare's youth is that possibly he attended the Stratford Grammar School, but suprisingly for a man of his intellect did not go on to attend university at Oxford or Cambridge.
		During his illustrious acting and writing career Shakespeare performed in front of thousands of people in theatres across England, his plays even watched by the King himself.
	www.goodnewsmedia.com /rscd.htm (186 words)

	The Royal Shakespeare Company's Theatres in Stratford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It can take about 1450 people, and is built in the most common form of theatre we know today, with the audience on one side and the stage on the other, both areas being separated by what has been called the "fourth wall".
		As early as 1769, the first Shakespeare Festival was held to celebrate David Garrick's Jubilee, and from then on there had been talk of establishing a permanent theatre for performing Shakespeare's plays in Stratford.
		Integration of the RSC development with Stratford District Council's developnig plan for the revitalisation of the gardens and roads along Waterside, from Holy Trinity Church to the new Cox's Timber Yard.
	www.cx.unibe.ch /ens/stratford_web/rsc-thea.html (999 words)

	The Shakespeare Theatre Company
		The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is to stage the biggest festival in its history, inviting theatre companies from across the world and around the U.K. to join the Company in a unique celebration of Shakespeare’s complete works.
		In the company of the curator, see furnishings, textiles and objects reflecting life in the 16th century and learn how recent research has stripped away more than a century of myth about the house.
		At the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, treasures relating directly to the playwright’s life, such as letters written to Shakespeare, will be taken out of special storage to be seen and discussed.
	www.shakespearetheatre.org /support/events/stratford.aspx (1006 words)

	Shakespeare Country Visitor Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shakespeare Country: historic Warwick and Kenilworth, Royal Leamington Spa and Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon.
		It embraces historic Warwick and Kenilworth, Royal Leamington Spa and Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon.
		From April 2006 to April 2007, the Royal Shakespeare Company is staging its biggest ever theatrical celebration of Shakespeare’s Complete Works.
	www.shakespeare-country.co.uk (241 words)

	The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
		Davidson, NC -- February 28, 2002 -- The RSC, Royal Shakespeare Company, is producing its 2001-2002 world tour of Merchant of Venice in association with Davidson College, a small top-ten national liberal arts college in the South, in a unique venture that includes a two-week performance and educational residency on the Davidson campus.
		Davidson attracted these foremost interpreters of Shakespeare to its campus by proposing an educational program that would allow actors to be teachers as well, and help fulfill the Royal Shakespeare Company's increasing emphasis on public outreach.
		The company was also lured by the opportunity to inaugurate the stage of Davidson's brand-new Duke Family Performance Hall, a 625-seat, state of the art performing arts facility which is the finest venue of its kind in the rapidly growing area north of Charlotte.
	www.prnewswire.com /broadcast/5166/5166_press.html (428 words)

	The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) 1964-66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry V and various other productions and Patrick was a member of that company and so was I, but there were 100 actors in that company so it wasn't like we were buddies together.
		When I left the Royal Shakespeare Company I remember saying to Peter Hall, who ran the company - you have to go meet with him at the end of season and he would give you your marching orders or tell you what exciting things lay in prospect for you.
		We are going to tell this guy where to stick this damn company" and, of course, I was the first in and I did tell him, "There is no way.
	www.geocities.com /malcolmtribute/royalsc.html (978 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company Will Teach and Perform At Davidson College During Residencies in 2005-2009
		After their first workshop last time in my Shakespeare class, two students ran up to me, breathless, to say it was the best single class they had ever experienced.
		The Royal Shakespeare Company has operated in its present form since 1961, when it adopted its current name and widened its repertoire to embrace works other than Shakespeare.
		The company seeks to create outstanding theater that is relevant to our times through the work of Shakespeare, other Renaissance dramatists, European theatre, and new plays.
	www.collegenews.org /x3334.xml (825 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The company also is widely known for its extensive education and outreach work to engage more people with live theatre.
		Full details of Accenture’s partnership with the company will be made shortly, although Accenture's involvement in the Company's 2004 season was announced September 30 at a news conference in London.
		It is planned that, as part of the sponsorship, Accenture will provide the company with consulting services, enabling the RSC to more fully understand its audiences and what they most value about the Company.
	www.accenture.com /Global/About_Accenture/Sponsorships/AccentureCompany.htm (308 words)

	Playbill News: Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe to Hold Shakespeare Birthday Bashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shakespeare’s birthday on Sunday, April 24 will be celebrated by special events at two of the U.K.’s highest-profile companies.
		The Royal Shakespeare Company will hold an open day at their Stratford Upon-Avon base, to feature such company stars as Patrick Stewart, David Bradley and Vanessa and Corin Redgrave.
		The free RSC events include “Sword Play and Pulling Punches with Terry King” in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91871.html (609 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company plays (1961)
		Tonight's production marked the beginning of the theatre's new life as the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a title granted last month by order of Queen Elizabeth II to replace the older name of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
		The choice of "Much Ado" one of Shakespeare's livelier and more intricately plotted comedies, offered a gay balance with the four tragedies and one other comedy that will be fitted into the repertory during the remainder of the season.
		Robert Muller of The Daily Mail found the acting of the Royal Shakespeare Company splendid and the direction by Peter Hall as vigorous and deft.
	www.christopher-plummer.com /rsc1961.html (1294 words)

	Henry IV Part One, a CurtainUp review
		There are only a few opportunities in a generation to see Shakespeare's history plays in their entirety.
		In 2001, the Royal Shakespeare Company brings us their This England series with all eight plays being put on chronologically, first at Stratford, and now in London, from Richard II to Richard III, via the Henries, Henry IV (two parts), Henry V and Henry VI (three parts).
		The art is in portraying Falstaff as a liar and a rogue, manipulative and yet still likeable, "Banish plump Jack and banish all the world", a poignant character to be pitied, when he is inevitably cast off by a princely Hal.
	www.curtainup.com /henry4lond.html (757 words)

	Royal Shakespeare Company Announces 2005 Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The company also announced plans for an ambitious staging of the complete works of Shakespeare including his sonnets, poems, and other works.
		The seven month long, Complete Works of Shakespeare Festival will begin in August 2006 with performances at Royal Shakespeare Company theaters and other venues in Stratford-upon-Avon.
		Visiting companies from around the world will also take part.
	arts.monstersandcritics.com /news/printer_1497.php (181 words)

	Stratford-upon-Avon - ideal guide for tourist accommodation, restaurants, country inns, sight-seeing and more.
		Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, steeped in culture and history.
		Set in the beautiful rural Warwickshire countryside, on the banks of the river Avon, it is one of the most important tourist destinations in the UK.
		Enjoy Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds to the south, Worcester and the Malverns to the west, Warwick Castle and Henley in Arden to the north, and all within an hour's journey of Stratford itself.
	www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk (251 words)

	AllRefer.com - Royal Shakespeare Company (Theater) - Encyclopedia
		Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), a British repertory theater.
		From 1982 to 2002 the RSC was based also at the Barbican Theatre, London, and at the Aldwych Theatre prior (1960–82) to that.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Royal Shakespeare Company
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RoyalSha.html (268 words)

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