Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC usually abbreviated ) is a theater company in Stratford- upon- Avon, London and Newcastle. It was founded in 1960 by Peter Hall. In Stratford recorded and entertains them the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (1933 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was built as 1961 renamed), the Elizabethan stage modeled Swan Theatre, and the little theater The Other Place. Built in 1982 as the London venue for the RSC Barbican Theatre in the Barbican Centre left the ensemble in 2002, we would just play at different venues in the city.
Performances (Selection)
- The War of the Roses ( Wars of the Roses), adaptation of Henry VI. Part 1-3 and Richard III. ; Directed by Peter Hall (1963 /64)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Brook ( 1970)
- Macbeth, starring Judi Dench and Ian McKellen (1977 )
- Nicholas Nickleby (1980 )
- Richard III. , With Antony Sher (1984 )
- Les Misérables (1985 )
- Dangerous Liaisons, starring Lindsay Duncan, Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman (1985 )
- The Plantagenets adaptation of Henry VI. Part 1-3 and Richard III. Directed by Adrian Noble with Anton Lesser and Ralph Fiennes (1988 )
- Hamlet, starring Kenneth Branagh, directed by Adrian Noble ( 1992)
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 (2003-2012)
- Greg Doran (since 2012)
Actor
A-D
- Richard Armitage
- Sean Bean
- Brenda Blethyn
- Samantha Bond
- Kenneth Branagh
- Henry Ian Cusick
- Timothy Dalton
- Judi Dench
- Mala Ghedia
E -K
- Tamsin Egerton
- Rupert Evans
- Ralph Fiennes
- Ian Holm
- Alan Howard
- Jeremy Irons
- Derek Jacobi
- Alex Jennings
- Ben Kingsley
L- N
- Jane Lapotaire
- Anton Lesser
- Damian Lewis
- Matthew Macfadyen
- Joseph Marcell
- Ian McKellen
- Helen Mirren
- John Nettles
P -S
- Tim Pigott -Smith
- Hugh Quarshie
- Ian Richardson
- Alan Rickman
- Diana Rigg
- Mark Rylance
- Fiona Shaw
- Antony Sher
- Toby Stephens
- Juliet Stevenson
- Patrick Stewart
- Imogen Stubbs
- David Suchet
T -Z
- David Tennant
- Harriet Walter
- John Wood
- Peter Woodthorpe