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Henry VI
Photograph courtesy Royal Shakespeare Company
royal shakespeare company

Classics, Text-based: dense, New Writing

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Michael Boyd

Executive Director
Vikki Heywood

Producers
Denise Wood
Jeremy Adams
Tara Hull

Director – The Complete Works Festival
Deborah Shaw

ARTISTIC POLICY
The company’s principal objectives laid down in the Royal Charter are to conserve, advance and disseminate the dramatic heritage of Shakespeare and to advance and improve the dramatic art throughout the world. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) produces and presents dramatic performances of all kinds, including productions of plays by Shakespeare and by other classic playwrights and of new plays, which are presented in the company’s theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon and on tour throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Alongside the performances are educational activities for schools, colleges and communities.

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Complete Works – The biggest Festival in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s history where the Company along with invited Companies from across the world join to present all of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets and poems. Current productions:

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. Directed by Dominic Cooke

Pericles by William Shakespeare. Directed by Dominic Cooke

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Indian Boy by Rona Munro. Directed by Rebecca Gatward

Merry Wives The Musical Adapted and directed by Gregory Doran

Days of Significance by Roy Williams. Directed by Maria Aberg

Richard III by William Shakespeare. Directed by Michael Boyd

Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. Directed by Gregory Doran

King Lear by William Shakespeare. Directed by Trevor Nunn

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
A range of educational workshops and events tailored to meet the individual requirements of venues.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Spain, USA (The Canterbury Tales)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.