The Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford Upon Avon is one of the world's best-known theatre ensembles. This podcast looks at what makes Shakespeare's plays exciting to today's audiences as well as following the transformation of the famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre over the next three years.....

The famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre, designed in the 1930s, has now closed its doors to the public while it undergoes a major transformation - and in this is an episode of memories of the RST in its heyday we'll get the view from the stalls! From those whose passion drove them to keep a caravan in Stratford for their regular visits from Devon to those who came by bus from Birmingham to queue for standing room only in the 1960's ! Today the audience speaks.

Episode 4

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Back Editions of the RSC Podcast

Episode One - Fay Weldon on taking liberties with the Bard

Episode Two - Professor David Crystal on Shakespearian pronunciation

Episode Three - The new Courtyard Theatre and what's to come