original ) (raw )The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in Stratford-upon-Avon next to the River Avon in 1879, after local brewer Charles Flower donated the land and launched a campaign to build a theatre in the town of Shakespeare's birth, and the Shakespeare Memorial Company was its production company. After the original theatre was destroyed by fire, the New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened its doors on an adjacent site in 1932, designed by Elisabeth Scott.
The Royal Shakespeare Company was founded in 1961 by Peter Hall, based in Stratford-upon-Avon and the theatre was renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
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Rogers Memorial Collection: Musical and theatrical programs, 1794-1937 (inclusive), 1845-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre stage designs Houghton Library
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Field, Kate, 1838-1896,. Autograph letters signed from Kate Field, London and New York, to various recipients [manuscript], 1874-1880. Folger Shakespeare Library
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Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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Shakespearian souvenirs and programmes, 1899-1939 University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department
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Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
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Dan H. Laurence Collection. Picture portfolio and birthday programme for opening of the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, April 24, 1932. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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James, Henry, 1843-1916,. Autograph letter signed from Henry James, Lamb House, Rye, Sussex, to Phil Carr [manuscript], 1908 April 15. Folger Shakespeare Library
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England). [Programs for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]. Dartmouth College Library
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Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
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Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954. Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Florence Aymong Collection. Florence Aymong Collection of theatre materials, 1920-1987. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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