Shakespeare Memorial Company

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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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referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Musical and theatrical programs, 1794-1937 (inclusive), 1845-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Shakespeare Memorial Theatre stage designs Houghton Library
referencedIn Field, Kate, 1838-1896,. Autograph letters signed from Kate Field, London and New York, to various recipients [manuscript], 1874-1880. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Shakespearian souvenirs and programmes, 1899-1939 University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department
referencedIn Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
creatorOf 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
referencedIn Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn James, Henry, 1843-1916,. Autograph letter signed from Henry James, Lamb House, Rye, Sussex, to Phil Carr [manuscript], 1908 April 15. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England). [Programs for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954. Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Florence Aymong Collection. Florence Aymong Collection of theatre materials, 1920-1987. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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associatedWith Dan H. Laurence Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Field, Kate, 1838-1896, person
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associatedWith James, Henry, 1843-1916, person
associatedWith Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954. person
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associatedWith Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937 person
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Stratford-upon-Avon ENG GB
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Shakespeare
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Establishment 1879

Disestablishment 1961

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