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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Address: Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon
Phone: 0870/609-1110 ticket hotline; 01789/296655 information; 01789/403405 tours
Fax: 01789/403413 box office
www.rsc.org.uk

Category: Arts/Performance Venues
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon

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Fodor's Review:

The Stratford home of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), amid lovely gardens along the River Avon, presents some of the finest productions of Shakespeare's plays. The company has existed since 1879, established by brewer Charles Edward Flower; its original home burned down in 1926. Six years later the current building was erected. Starting in May or June 2007, the theater will close for three years. During that time there will be no tours of the original theater, and action will switch to the RSC's other theaters, including the adjacent Swan Theatre, the only part of the Victorian theater to survive the 1926 fire. This theater follows the lines of Shakespeare's original Globe and is one of the most exciting performing spaces in Britain. Beside the Swan, an art gallery has theater-related exhibitions and portraits and depictions of scenes from the plays. After spring 2007, the main home of the RSC will be the temporary Courtyard Theatre. The theater is behind The Other Place, a modern auditorium used primarily for contemporary productions.

Cost: Tour £5
Open: Tour weekdays (except matinee days; book well in advance) 1:30 and 5:30; matinee days 5:30 and after show; Sun. noon, 1, 2, and 3. No tours when shows are being prepared. Gallery Mon.-Sat. 9:30-6:30, Sun. noon-4:30

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