Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon District
Stratford-upon-Avon

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
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  • Type: Arts center
  • Description: theater building in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
  • Also known as: “Museum Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Swan Theatre”, “Royal Shakespeare Theater”, and “RST”
  • Address: Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Swan Theatre and New Place.

Theater building
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The is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in , England. It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST but was destroyed by fire in 1926.

Archaeological site
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was William Shakespeare's final place of residence in . He died there in 1616. The whole building was demolished in 1702 by Sir John Clopton, who replaced it with a modern-style house, also called . is situated 810 feet west of Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Photo: Michelle Walz Eriksson, CC BY 2.0.
Nash's House in Chapel Street, , , England, is the house next door to the ruins and gardens of William Shakespeare's final residence, . is situated 770 feet west of Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shottery and Tiddington.

Neighborhood
is a district of , , situated about one mile west of the town centre. It was formerly a hamlet. is the location of the , the childhood home of Anne Hathaway.

Village
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is a village in , England, within the civil parish of , about 1.5 miles northeast of Stratford town centre. It is located south of the , and is connected to the historic town by Road.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish two miles south of town centre, in , England. It is on the B4632 road and one mile south of the A3400. is situated 1½ miles south of Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Latitude
52.19048° or 52° 11′ 26″ north
Longitude
-1.70397° or 1° 42′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C4W57RW+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41312172
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­arts_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1375404
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Royal Shakespeare Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Շեքսպիրյան թագավորական թատրոն”
  • Catalan: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Chinese: “皇家莎士比亞劇場”
  • Chinese: “皇家莎士比亞劇院”
  • Dutch: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Ŝekspira Teatro”
  • Estonian: “Kuninglik Shakespeare’i Teater”
  • French: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • German: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Hungarian: “Királyi Shakespeare Színház”
  • Hungarian: “R.S.T.”
  • Hungarian: “Royal Shakespeare Theater”
  • Hungarian: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Hungarian: “RST”
  • Italian: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・シェークスピア劇場”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・シェイクスピア・シアター”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・シェイクスピア劇場”
  • Kazakh: “Корольдік Шекспир театры”
  • Korean: “로열 셰익스피어 극장”
  • Lithuanian: “Karališkasis Šekspyro teatras”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cynelice Scacaspere Wæferhus”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cynelice Scacaspere Wæferhus‎”
  • Russian: “Королевский Шекспировский театр”
  • Spanish: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Swedish: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівський Шекспірівський театр”
  • Uzbek: “Qirollik Shakespeare teatri”
  • Uzbek: “Qirollik Shekspir teatri”
  • Welsh: “Royal Shakespeare Theatre”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RSC Costume Workshop and Arden Hotel.

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