The Royal Shakespeare Company survived establishment resistance and economic storms to become a powerhouse. How should it now change? What's in a name? Quite a lot, as it happens. In 1960 Peter Hall created a theatrical revolution. He turned a summer Shakespeare festival in Stratford-on-Avon into a year-round enterprise based on a permanent ensemble, a second home in London and a mix of classical and contemporary wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM on March 19, 2021