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Royal Shakespeare Company: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Books that examine the company’s history include Micheline Steinberg (comp.), Flashback: A Pictorial History, 1879–1979; One Hundred Years of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Royal Shakespeare Company (1985); Robert Shaughnessy, Representing Shakespeare: England, History, and the RSC (1994); and Steven Adler, Rough Magic: Making Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company (2001). Colin Chambers, Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company: Creativity and the Institution (2004), is an examination of the inner struggles of the company by its former literary manager.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Closed out the term of Gregory Doran. Aug 08, 2023
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Changed the date Gregory Doran became artistic director from "2012" to "2013." Feb 09, 2018
Added/Edited contact info: Official Site of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Jan 20, 2014
Added Gregory Doran to list of artistic directors. Sep 14, 2012
Article revised and updated. Mar 21, 2012
Added Rough Magic and Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company to the bibliography. Nov 22, 2010
Added information on the 21st-century expansion and refurbishment of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Nov 22, 2010
Added new Web site: The ofiicial Site of Royal Shakespeare Company. Jun 01, 2007
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article revised. Mar 10, 2005
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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