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Adjoining the Birthplace is the Shakespeare Centre, a contrasting modern glass and concrete visitors centre which forms the headquarters of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The driving force behind its construction, and opening in 1964, was Levi Fox , OBE, Director of the Trust from 1945 to 1989, with a view to properly housing its library ...
The same year, the Royal Shakespeare Company also opened their first permanent exhibition, entitled The Play's The Thing. [21] On 23 April 2016, the RSC performed a one night extravaganza, called 'Shakespeare Live!'. Broadcast on BBC Two from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, it marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's Death.
The final concord (a conveyance in two parts) between William Shakespeare and Hercules Underhill, confirming Shakespeare's title to New Place, Michaelmas 1602. At his death in 1570, Underhill left New Place to his son, William Underhill II (d.1597), who in 1597 sold it to William Shakespeare for £60.
The Royal Shakespeare Company had renovated the Royal Shakespeare Theatre as part of a £112.8m Transformation project which included the creation of a new 1040+ seat, thrust stage auditorium which brought actors and audiences closer together, with the distance of the furthest seat from the stage being reduced from 27 metres (89 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft).
Shakespearean theatre companies in the United States (26 P) Pages in category "Shakespearean theatre companies" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is bringing a giant dose of whimsy to Stratford-upon-Avon, announcing a new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” as its marquee family production. The big ...
Shakespeare's Birthplace in the 1950s / 60s.The road in front is now pedestrianised and the house beyond has been demolished. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) is an independent registered educational charity [1] based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, that came into existence in 1847 following the purchase of William Shakespeare's birthplace for preservation as a national ...
Historic map from 1902. The route of the Historic Spine can be seen from Shakespeare's Birthplace (A) to The Holy Trinity Church (B) Following Stratford's expansion from a village into a town in the early 12th century, the route linking the new town to the Holy Trinity Church in Old Town became the location for many of the towns earliest and most important buildings.