When was the rsc founded

By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. For more details, see our cookie policy. The Royal Shakespeare Company. Incorporated is created. You are in: About us. You might also like. Timeline of Shakespeare's plays. Find out more. In the company launched an annual regional tour. In the company was remodelled to increase national touring. In the RSC announced plans to redevelop the Stratford theatres and reinvigorate the company's presence in London. Since , the RSC has had four artistic directors.

For the next few years, audiences in Stratford-upon-Avon will view plays in the temporary Courtyard Theatre, created especially for this interim period. Alas, without a car, travel to Stratford-upon-Avon for an evening performance is almost impossible without an overnight stay there, as train and bus service shut down late at night. While it is a pleasant overnight in Stratford, a charming town with lots of restaurants, pubs and shops as well as pretty villages nearby, the RSC recognizes the need for better late-night transportation.

Apart from London, tourists flock to Stratford-upon-Avon more than any other destination in England. A number of sites associated with his life are open to the public and draw huge crowds each year, especially the half-timbered residence on Henley Street, where he was born and where his descendants lived until the 19th century.

In the center of Stratford-upon-Avon is Holy Trinity Church, where the playwright was both baptized and buried. The Company currently leases one West End theater each year from Mackintosh and will do so for the next several years, ensuring a regular London season.

The RSC is optimistic that the arrangement with Mackintosh gives its theater a regular presence in London while it looks for a more permanent space—its own space—there. Since Newcastle-upon-Tyne has provided a third home for the RSC—it transfers productions to theaters there for a regular season. History reveals that Shakespeare liked to take his own company, which was based in London, on tour to as many parts of England as possible. A unique partnership was formed in with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The Royal Shakespeare Company comes into residence on the college campus for several weeks each year to perform and to conduct educational activities for adults and children. Realizing that it needs a regular presence in London and adamant about its artistic mission, the Royal Shakespeare Company is looking to the future. It has committed itself to connect with Shakespeare and to be defined by an ensemble.