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Background Information

Where the Royal Shakespeare Company came from.

Charles Flower’s original Company.

Peter Hall’s development of the RSC.

The Royal Shakespeare Company produced Matilda the musical and were involved with the production of Les Miserables alongside the well known Cameron Mackintosh.

What else do the RSC provide?

Registered Charity, ‘The Young Shakespeare Nation’

Educational Programmes

Workshop’s and Classes

Richard II“100,000 people were the audience. It was the largest ever audience for a single production of Shakespeare”

“57% of students were experiencing Shakespeare for the first time”

“ as I looked around at all the wide eyed, little faces looking up towards the screen I thought I was going to cry – It gave our kids the opportunity to see the RSC for the first time in their lives – something which I thought would never be possible”

Hilary Mantels award winning novels

“The RSC has the highest international reputation, they don’t

just present plays live but super live. It has the know- how, the experience, the knowledge in

depth and the expertise to handle a project like this”

Accessible to as many people as possible… Expose theatre to a diverse audience.

Specially designed for those with Autism or learning disabilities

“The Royal Shakespeare Company want to push the boundaries of theatre and

performance, exploring how Shakespeare might approach theatre in a digital age.”

The Royal Shakespeare Company – Annual Review

Bibliography

• http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/rsc_annual_report_2013-14.pdf• http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUwHppViPI• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCR6zwpU6Yw• http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2014/feb/10/matilda-musical-risk-subsidised-theatre-rsc• http://www.free-teaching-resources.co.uk/teacher-resource/royal-shakespeare-company/index.html• http://uk.matildathemusical.com/• http://www.lesmis.com/uk/• Adler, S. (2001) Rough Magic Making Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company. United States of America• Chambers, C. (2004) Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company, Creativity and the institution• Les Miserables, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Queens Theatre Programme• Roald Dahls’s Matilda The Musical, Cambridge Theatre Programme• Trowbridge, S. (2013) The rise and fall of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed