We were in Newcastle Theatre Royal with Measure for Measure, As You Like It, and The Taming of the Shrew, and about to head for Blackpool Grand for the final leg of the UK Tour. Then The Taming of the Shrew company would set out for Chicago, Washington, South Korea and Tokyo (just ahead of the Olympics). In Stratford, the get-out of The Boy in the Dress was underway in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and the fit-up was about to start in preparation for the technical rehearsals to begin for the new summer season of The Winter’s Tale and The Comedy of Errors. The company in the Swan were preparing for the last week of performances of The Whip and King John, and at The Other Place, Projekt Europa was in the final stage of rehearsals for Europeana and Peer Gynt, which would follow. At the Cambridge Theatre, Matilda The Musical was about to enjoy its tenth birthday in the West End, while at the Ambassadors Theatre Kunene and the King was entering the final week of its run and A Museum in Baghdad was preparing to open at London’s Kiln Theatre.

Then the theatres closed.

It was a devastating end to the year, and one that nobody could have predicted for the RSC, or for our many friends and colleagues in the theatre industry. Although we have been unable to produce our usual Annual Review, we wanted to celebrate all that had been achieved before the Covid-19 crisis hit and closed theatres around the country overnight.

With memorable successes for the Company in 2019/2020 it is important to acknowledge the exceptional work of so many people, and of course the ongoing support that has been so clearly demonstrated and welcome since the pandemic began.

Thank you to all who continue to support us in so many ways. Nobody knew what the RSC and the theatre industry faced as we entered the new Financial Year, but we face those challenges with optimism that live theatre will return, and the RSC will continue to inspire and captivate audiences and transform lives through amazing experiences of Shakespeare’s plays and of great theatre.

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We continued our journey through Shakespeare’s canon with As You Like It, a reverse gendered The Taming of the Shrew, which saw the roles of Kate and Petruchio flipped, and Measure for Measure, particularly relevant today as Shakespeare’s #metoo play, performed in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the Barbican Theatre London and on a nationwide tour. Sadly, the international visits to Tokyo, South Korea, Washington and Chicago were cancelled due to the global pandemic.

‘This season reflects the power of storytelling in its most essential form, with the actor at the centre of the work’. GREGORY DORAN, Artistic Director

REFLECTING OUR NATION ON STAGE WITH A CROSS-CAST ENSEMBLE OF 27 ACTORS ACROSS THREE SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS

The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and The Kovner Foundation

Royal Shakespeare Theatre productions sponsored by Darwin Escapes

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The audience reaction was overwhelming.

‘Blown away by @TheRSC #RSCBoyinDress fabulous, uplifting and moving. Just wonderful.’

‘#RSCBoyinDress is simply astounding’.

The pandemic has delayed our future plans for The Boy in the Dress just as it has interrupted the West End run of our ever-popular Matilda the Musical. We are committed to bringing these back to life and sharing them with audiences as soon as we can.

The world première of our new musical, The Boy in the Dress, played to sell out audiences across 18-weeks, with a future West End run in the pipeline.

SHARING THE EXCITEMENT OF THEATRE WITH FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE

The Boy in the Dress was supported by RSC Production Circle members Elizabeth Boissevain and

Andrew Jeffreys, Charles Holloway, Ms Teresa Tsai and Kathleen J. Yoh

‘I wanted to write a story that encouraged people to recognise that difference can be celebrated, that it’s ok to be yourself. I’ve always loved musicals and, somehow, I’d always imagined this book to be made into a musical so to be working with the RSC, Mark Ravenhill and song-writing partners Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers on this new production feels like a dream collaboration‘. DAVID WALLIAMS

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Shakespeare’s rarely performed King John, performed alongside two new plays which shone a spotlight on two fascinating moments in British imperial history: the founding of the nation-state of Iraq in Hannah Khalil’s A Museum in Baghdad, and Juliet Gilkes Romero’s The Whip, which explored the government bail-out of British slave-owners to secure the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833.

The world première of Kunene and the King was by and starred acclaimed South African actor John Kani, playing opposite Antony Sher. In a co-production with Cape Town’s Fugard Theatre we celebrated 25 years since the ending of Apartheid in South Africa.

CELEBRATING MOMENTS IN HISTORY THROUGH NEW PLAYS

‘As a nation we are looking long and hard at our position within the wider world, which is why it feels like an appropriate moment to reflect, not only upon the state of our own nation, but also upon what nationhood means to us today…new writing remains central to what we do and we continue to channel the inquiring spirit of Shakespeare’s own age through the interrogation of our own history and place in the wider world, in all of its complexity and contradiction.’ ERICA WHYMAN, Deputy Artistic Director

The work of the RSC Literary Department is generously supported by The Drue and H.J. Heinz II Charitable Trust

Miranda Curtis CMG - Season Supporter, Swan Theatre Winter 2019-2020

King John was supported by RSC Production Circle member Marcia Whitaker

The work of Juliet Gilkes Romero was supported through our collaboration with the University of Birmingham

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Our season celebrating the best of European theatre making was sadly the first casualty of the pandemic.

This unique project, conceived and led by Maria Å berg and curated by Maria and Judith Gerstenberg, should have opened to audiences in the Swan Theatre in April 2020.

A PROJECT LIKE NO OTHER We wanted to ask creative questions about our changing continent, to reflect on what we shared as theatre-makers and to celebrate our different traditions and instincts. What emerged was a captivating exploration of our shared histories and the questions we share about our ever more uncertain future.

Sadly our audiences never got to see the work, but we are committed to working with the Projekt Europa artists to try to find a way for these productions to make it to the stage.

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In London at the Barbican, Ambassadors Theatre, Arcola Theatre and Cambridge Theatre in the West End, and out on the road for a UK wide tour, we enjoyed seeing our audiences outside of Stratford-upon-Avon.

For the first time we took out all three of our main Shakespeare productions on a UK wide tour. As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure took up residency across a two-week period in each city playing the three productions in repertoire. Our audiences joined us at The Lowry Theatre in Salford, the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Theatre Royal Nottingham and Theatre Royal Newcastle. Sadly the Newcastle visit was cut short and theatres were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic which meant we missed our visit to the Grand Theatre Blackpool, the final date of the tour.

Our access performances, including integrated BSL, attracted a large number of first-time theatre goers. We welcomed people who had never seen the RSC with 23% of audiences visiting us for the first time. And it was lovely to see many young people join us in their local theatre.

We waved goodbye to our UK and Ireland Tour of Matilda The Musical which finished its phenomenally successful run with performances in Edinburgh, Bristol, Southampton and Norwich with standing ovations all round. The accompanying education programme, Change My Story, involved 8,855 children and young people through performances, workshops and onstage events.

A new version of our production of Timon of Athens opened in New York and Washington with a US cast. Our Associate Artist, Kathryn Hunter, reprised her role as Timon and played to great critical acclaim.

WELCOMING OUR AUDIENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY

‘I cannot stop thinking about the fact that our children will remember the last week for the rest of their lives. I know it’s a cliché to talk about making memories that will last a lifetime, but that undoubtedly happened’ Class teacher, Portswood Primary, Southampton on Change My Story

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RSC work in America and the UK is generously supported by RSC America

The RSC’s London production of The Taming of the Shrew is kindly supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation.

As You Like It at the Barbican was supported by ICBC

Edwardian Hotels London - Preferred Hotel Partner for Matilda The Musical in London

Thanks to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation our adult participation project co-created three co-productions inspired by Romeo and Juliet. The project finds ways for adults who have never experienced theatre to discover the pleasure and power of it through Shakespeare’s plays. We worked with Norwich Theatre Royal; the Grand Theatre, Blackpool and Nottingham Theatre Royal alongside adult groups including an LGBTQ Church, two mental-health choirs, a group of refugees and local hoteliers.

The project continues with three more regional theatre partners, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; and Hall for Cornwall. Together we will build new co-productions in summer 2021.

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The Shakespeare Nation adult engagement work is generously supported

by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

INTRODUCING YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHAKESPEARE

Our aim is to transform lives through vivid first encounters with Shakespeare’s plays through many different projects. We continue to see strong evidence that our work is a catalyst for helping young people to find their voice, develop their identity and have the confidence to take their place in the world.

Co-created with 19 partner schools and 6 partner theatres across England, our First Encounters with Shakespeare edited version of The Merchant of Venice introduced young people to Shakespeare in their school hall or local theatre in Warwickshire, the West Midlands, Hull, Nottingham, Canterbury, Cornwall,

‘Some of those children struggle to sit for 5 mins but they were mesmerised for 90!’ Teacher, Old Basford Primary School, Nottingham

117 Next Generation Backstage students and Shakespeare Ambassadors shadowed and supported technical, stage management and front of house teams during the course of the tour.

64% rated the production as Excellent

41% of all students who watched the performance were ‘new to Shakespeare’ and 15% had never seen a play before

Bradford, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Blackpool, and Leicester.

Twenty-three young people from our Next Generation Act Young Company took it in turns to play the parts of Lorenzo and Jessica, performing alongside our professional cast. Next Generation Act is our national talent development programme which provides opportunities for young people from backgrounds currently under-represented in the arts industry.

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First Encounters was kindly supported by Adobe, The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity,

TAK Advisory Limited and The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust

RSC Next Generation is generously supported by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation

and GRoW @ Annenberg.

The work of the RSC Education Department is generously supported by

Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Adobe, The Clore Duffield Foundation, GRoW @ Annenberg,

The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Samsung,

The Polonsky Foundation, The Schroder Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust,

The Wyfold Charitable Trust, Teale Charitable Trust, The Grimmitt Trust, TAK Advisory Limited

and Stratford Town Trust.

The Associate Schools programme is supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust, Teale Charitable Trust, The Grimmitt Trust, and is powered by

Samsung as part of its commitment to inspire learning through technology.

The Playmaking Festival is supported by RSC Friends

Our partnership with 11 regional theatres and 261 schools nationally through our Associate Schools programme is funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Samsung. Through the work we do together there is strong evidence of whole school communities inspiring each other through their experiences of Shakespeare’s work.

We recruited and delivered leadership training for 750 young Shakespeare Ambassadors nationally who represent a diverse range of backgrounds and abilities. Aged 9 to 18 the Ambassadors are tasked

with initiating a Shakespeare inspired project in their local community, and inform the work that we develop with school communities and theatres locally.

This year we co-produced 28 regional performance festivals involving 2818 young people from 162 schools in Blackpool, Bradford, Cornwall, County Durham, Hull, Kent, Leicestershire, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Northampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Uxbridge, Warwickshire and York. 5183 family members and members of local communities enjoyed the experience.

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A brilliant 78% of those who visited our Rules Don’t Apply exhibition rated it as ‘Excellent’, with 70% of those who visited being under 16. The exhibition celebrated difference through interactive activities during the run of The Boy In The Dress. Our events are designed to introduce people to the RSC and theatre in different ways, welcoming them to our Stratford-upon-Avon home and the excitement of live performance.

A local and socially diverse audience came to our Inside Out outdoor family activity area during the summer with 60% of visitors from our immediate CV37 postcode and 32% C2DE.

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Our journey to discover what the Audience of the Future may be continues, supported by Innovate UK and working with our 15 partners to explore the future of live performance.

We delivered our first Digital Fellowship Programme in collaboration with Magic Leap, University of Portsmouth, i2Media Research and University of London Goldsmiths. The Fellowships were 50:50 gender split and based regionally across the South East, South West, London and West Midlands. Together they are prototyping a new model for connecting the new skills and workforce for the arts.

DIGITAL INNOVATION Our work and expertise in digital supported the wider sector and communities in the UK and overseas, including being a Sundance Creative Advisor for their New Frontier Lab programme and an industry advisor for NESTA’s newly created Policy and Evidence Centre researching new and innovative models for the creative industries.

This journey continues into 2021.

The project is funded within the Audience of the Future programme by UK Research and Innovation

through Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Audience of the Future is brought about through a unique consortium of cultural industry specialists including: De Montfort University · Epic Games · i2 Media Research Limited · Intel · Magic Leap ·

Manchester International Festival · Marshmallow Laser Feast · Nesta · Phi Centre · Philharmonia Orchestra

· Punchdrunk · Royal Shakespeare Company · University Of Portsmouth · The Space.

Audience of the Future is generously supported by Miranda Curtis CMG, the Sidney E. Frank Foundation

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OUR WORK ON STAGE

As You Like It BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE New ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVON, LONDON AND ON TOURDIRECTOR Kimberley SykesSET DESIGNER Stephen Brimson LewisCOSTUME AND LIGHTING DESIGNER Bretta GereckeCOMPOSER Tim SuttonSOUND DESIGNER Jonathan RuddickMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Ayse TashkiranFIGHT DIRECTORS Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper-BrownPUPPETRY DIRECTOR AND CO-DESIGNER Mervyn MillarPRODUCTION PHOTOS Topher McGrillis

The Taming of the Shrew BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARENew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVON, LONDON AND ON TOURDIRECTOR Justin AudibertSET DESIGNER Stephen Brimson LewisCOSTUME DESIGNER Hannah Clark LIGHTING DESIGNER Matt PeelCOMPOSER Ruth ChanSOUND DESIGNER Claire WindsorMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Lucy CullingfordFIGHT DIRECTORS Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper-BrownPRODUCTION PHOTOS Ikin Yum

Measure for MeasureBY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARENew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVON, LONDON AND ON TOURDIRECTOR Gregory DoranDESIGNER Stephen Brimson LewisLIGHTING DESIGNER Simon SpencerCOMPOSER Paul EnglishbySOUND DESIGNER Steven AtkinsonMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Lucy CullingfordFIGHT DIRECTORS Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper-BrownPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Helen Maybanks

First Encounters with Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARENew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND ON TOURDIRECTOR Robin BelfieldDESIGNER Anisha FieldsCOMPOSER Tarek MerchantMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Ingrid MackinnonPRODUCTION PHOTOS Sam Allard

King John BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARENew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Eleanor RhodeDESIGNER Max JohnsLIGHTING DESIGNER Lizzie PowellCOMPOSER Will GregorySOUND DESIGNER David GregoryMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Tom Jackson GreavesFIGHT DIRECTORS Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper-BrownPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Steve Tanner

Venice Preserved BY THOMAS OTWAYNew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Prasanna PuwanarajahDESIGNER James CotterillLIGHTING DESIGNER Jack KnowlesSOUND DESIGNER George DennisMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Polly BennettFIGHT DIRECTOR Kate WatersVIDEO AND LASER DESIGNER Nina DunnPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Helen Maybanks

The Provoked WifeBY JOHN VANBRUGHNew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Phillip BreenDESIGNER Mark BaileyLIGHTING DESIGNER Tina MacHughCOMPOSER Paddy CunneenSOUND DESIGNER Dyfan JonesMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Ayse TashkiranFIGHT DIRECTOR Renny KrupinskiPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Pete Le May

OUR WORK ON STAGE

Kunene and the King BY JOHN KANINew ProductionCAPE TOWN, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND LONDONDIRECTOR Janice HoneymanDESIGNER Birrie le RouxLIGHTING DESIGNER Mannie ManimCOMPOSER Neo Muyanga SOUND DESIGNER Jonathan RuddickSOUND RECREATED (FUGARD) David ClassenPRODUCTION PHOTOS by Claude Barnado/Ellie Kurrtz

The Boy in the DressNOVEL David Walliams BOOK Mark Ravenhill MUSIC AND LYRICS Robbie Williams and Guy ChambersNew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Gregory DoranDESIGNER Robert JonesCHOREOGRAPHER Aletta Collins LIGHTING DESIGNER Mark HendersonMUSICAL SUPERVISOR AND ARRANGEMENTS Bruce O’Neil MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND ARRANGEMENTS Alan Williams ORCHESTRATORS Tom Deering and Guy Chambers SOUND DESIGNERS Paul Groothius and Tom Marshall PUPPETRY DIRECTOR Laura Cubitt DRAMATURG Pippa HillPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Manuel Harlan

Matilda The MusicalAUTHOR Roald DahlBOOK Dennis KellyMUSIC & LYRICS Tim MinchinLONDON AND ON TOURDIRECTOR Matthew WarchusCHOREOGRAPHER Peter DarlingSET & COSTUME DESIGNER Rob HowellORCHESTRATIONS & ADDITIONAL MUSIC Christopher NightingaleLIGHTING DESIGNER Hugh VanstoneSOUND DESIGNER Simon Baker ILLUSION Paul Kieve

A Museum in BaghdadBY HANNAH KHALILNew ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Erica WhymanDESIGNER Tom PiperLIGHTING DESIGNER Charles BalfourCOMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER Oguz Kaplangi MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Tanushka Marah DRAMATURGS David Grieg and Pippa Hill VIDEO DESIGNER Nina DunnPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Ellie Kurttz

The Whip BY JULIET GILKES ROMERO New ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Kimberley SykesSET AND LIGHTING DESIGNER Ciaran BagnallCOSTUME DESIGNER Nicky Shaw COMPOSER Akintayo AkinbodeSOUND DESIGNER Claire WindsorMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Coral MessamDRAMATURGS Pippa Hill and Becky Latham FIGHT DIRECTOR Kev McCurdyPRODUCTION PHOTOS Steve Tanner

Crooked DancesBY ROBIN FRENCH New ProductionSTRATFORD-UPON-AVONDIRECTOR Elizabeth FreestoneDESIGNER Basia BinkowskaLIGHTING DESIGNER Lauren WatsonCOMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER Max PoppenheimMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Vicki MandersonDRAMATURG Pippa Hill VIDEO RSC Production VideoPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Ellie Kurttz

#WeAreArrested (Arcola Theatre)BY CAN DÜNDARAdapted by Pippa Hill and Sophie IvattsCo Production with Arcola Theatre LondonLONDONDIRECTOR Sophie IvattsDESIGNER Charlie CridlanLIGHTING DESIGNER Claire GerrensLIGHTING DESIGNER (RE-CREATED) Laura O’DriscollSOUND DESIGNER Oliver SoamesMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Ingrid MackinnonMAGIC CONSULTANT John BulleidPRODUCTION PHOTOS BY Ellie Merridale

TartuffeBY MOLIÈREAdapted by Anil Gupta and Richard PintoBIRMINGHAM REP THEATRENew ProductionDIRECTOR Iqbal KhanDESIGNER Bretta GereckeLIGHTING DESIGNER Richard HowellCOMPSOER Sarah SayeedSOUND DESIGNER Jeremy DunnMOVEMENT DIRECTOR Shelley Maxwell

PUBLIC FUNDERSArts Council EnglandCoventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise PartnershipDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Innovate UKNational Lottery Heritage FundThe National Lottery through Arts Council England

SEASON SUPPORTERS Miranda Curtis CMG - Swan Winter Season 2019 Charles Holloway - RST Summer Season 2020 (postponed)

MAJOR SUPPORTERSTracey Dedrick and Alastair G C Merrick*Lydia and Manfred Gorvy*Doug and Julie McPherson*Lady Sainsbury of Turville CBEUsha and Parag Saxena*Susan Tomasky and Ronald J Ungvarsky*

PRODUCTION CIRCLEThe Provoked WifeLord Carrington DLKing JohnMarcia Whitaker* The Boy in the DressElizabeth Boissevain and Andrew JeffreysCharles HollowayMs Teresa TsaiKathleen J. Yoh* The Winter’s Tale (postponed)Mark Thompson and Jane Blumberg-ThompsonThe Wars of the Roses (postponed)Agnieszka and Witold Balaban*The Hitz Foundation*Ms Teresa TsaiMarcia Whitaker*Kathleen J. Yoh*

ARTISTS CIRCLEMeenakshi AdamsLady Alexander of WeedonNeil and Ann BensonPhilip Bermingham*Neil and Sarah BrenerDavid and Sandra BurbidgeLord Carrington DLCarolyn Carter Starr*Michael and Susan ClasperSir Ronald Cohen and Ms Sharon HarelLynette and Robert CraigFelicia and Michael CrystalPeggy and Karl DannenbaumBrian and Susan DickieMark and Sandy Foster*Beth & Gary Glynn*Paul and Elizabeth GolbyRos and Alan Haigh Tony and Linda Hales Charlotte Heber-Percy William and Kate Hobhouse Michael and Mercedes Hoffman*Charles HollowayNigel and Christine Hugill Jan and Henry KeelingIan and Caroline Laing The Lehoczky Escobar Family*Nick and Alyssa LovegroveAudrey Mandela and Sean PhelanAndrew and Shaaron MorganThe Honourable and Mrs Frank NewmanAnthony Nutt

Jeffery Onions QC and Sally OnionsMichael and Jilli PriestJo and Malcolm RolfeA Rosemary SaidLady Sainsbury of Turville CBEPhilippa Seal and Philip Jones QCAnonymous, in honour of Kay Sutton*TAK Advisory Limited (Education)Peter and Nancy ThompsonKaren and Peter VentressHelen Webb and Adam PetersJane and Sarah Williams Jo Windsor

GOLD PATRONSJanet Bignell QC and Richard BignellRay and Eileen DunnJane and Howard EpsteinGriselda and Nigel HamwayLeonard HoffmannJeanie and Philip HollandJohn and Jan HornbyWeslie and William JanewayMelanie JohnsonJoy and Geoff KennardGraham KnightMark Kramer*Simon and Mary LowthSerrie and Ian MeakinsShibani and Ivan MenezesAndrew PittPatricia RigbyJohn and Jo SavilleLinda and Paul SivelleMark and Amanda SmithFiona StockwellMichael ThrussellDavid and Marlies WestonTony and Maureen Wheeler

SILVER PATRONSDavid and Elizabeth AclandJane and Richard AddisCharles and Clare AlexanderChris, Deirdre, Ronan and Roisin AllenSir Eric and Lady AndersonAnson Charitable TrustJeffrey and Mary ArcherPaul ArmanRichard ArmitageDr Rosie Ayton and Sam and Jon RicketsonBeverley and David BanksCaptain Peter Barnett and Mrs Sandra BillingeSue Barron*Martin and Jilli BatesSir David and Lady Louise BellMartin Bowley Q.C.Fleur BradleyH & J BravePenelope BrayeWalt and David BrechtRoger and Lesley CadburySir Dominic CadburyAngus Carlill and Sandra CarlisleDr and Mrs Munchi ChokseySimon and Liz ClemmowLes, Sally and Lily CoatesMr and Mrs Leigh CollinsCaroline and Christopher CompstonEileen CooperVivienne Cox CBE and Erik VischerLin and Ken CraigTony Robinson and Liz CratchleyLiz CrosoerCelia and Andrew CurranCarol and Peter DaveyIrving and Olga DavidDonald Barb and Bruce DavidsonGwyn and Peter DaviesNeil and Caitlin DavisJill P DavisonGillian and Andrew DawsonSarah and Tony de BellNicholas and Elizabeth DeeLaura DeMarco and Neil Allen*

Elizabeth DixonPeter Downing and Sarah-Jane WattsJane Drabble OBERobyn DurieJane EcclesSir John and Lady EganVictoria EllisonColin and Susan EnticknapSteve and Sheila EvansD J FarnanRev A FarringtonDr and Mrs E FishwickJaynie and Duncan FordMartin and Gillian FowmesCaroline FlowerAlbert and Joyce GallonAnne GardinerHoward GatissDr J GibbsAnn Glaves-SmithTessa HakkinenSarah R Wolff & Joel L Handelman*Cheryl and Patrick HarbourMike HawkinsJohn Hemingway and Robyn OliverLady HeseltineTony HintonAlison R Hirsch*Pippa and Martyn HurdMolly JacksonPeter and Zanie JamiesonDr Mark JeffriesDavid Jenkins and Lesley BellJohn and Sue JenkinsonJohn JenningsPeter and Christine JobAllan and Kath JonesProfessor Vivien JonesProfessor Richard Kaplan and Professor Laurie KaplanPhilip KeberSteve and Clare KingshottFrances KirkhamSir Eddie Kulukundis OBERichard LambertDavid LanchKerry and Jonathan Lane OBEBethan Lewis-PowellThe Limoges TrustSir Timothy and Lady LloydDavid and Catherine LoudonJuliette and Miles MacnairPenny MalecSelina and David MarksWilliam and Felicity MatherHilary McGowanChris and Julie MerryKerry and Patricia MilanJennifer and Hassan MiremadiBarbara MorganYoko MorimotoBrian and Sheila MorrisKate MulcaheyJack MurphyJane and Howard NeadWilliam and Patricia NicholMrs Gillian Nussey MBEGilbert Omenn and Martha Darling*Ligia OspeciuRichard and Sue OttenLynn and Derek PalethorpeJayne ParrisJohn ParrottTim and Victoria PearceLionel and Lynn PerseyAndrew Michael PettipherMary PhibbsDarrell PhillipsBill and Jo PidduckGraham and Alison PimlottDr A K PrasadJean PrattMarie PruttonChristopher Marek RenckiDinah RewellMr Clive Richards OBESir Brian and Lady Richards

Colin and Gillian RobertsDavid RocklinJonathan and Emily RogersColin and Jacqueline RussellAndrew SethPeter and Sheila SharpeAugusta and Philip ShirleyRamona Silipo and Ian FreerCatherine SmallBrian SmithSir Martin and Lady SmithClive and Annie SnowdonSue StapelyLord and Lady StirrupBernard and Nadine TaylorDerek and Ruth TaylorBen TichbandSue TippingRodney and Jane TurnerSir David and Lady VarneyRobert and Felicity Waley-CohenSarah WatkinsonAilsa WhiteMandy WilsonDr John WollastonJulia WoodhouseMrs C WyseRoger YatesNadjia Yousif

* Supporters of RSC America

BRONZE PATRONSWe would like to thank all our Bronze Patrons for their support.

BENEFACTORS CIRCLEThe RSC would also like to thank those who have remembered us in their wills.

We would like to thank everyone who has donated to the RSC including those who wish to remain anonymous. For more information on how to support our work visit rsc.org.uk/support

THANK YOU

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONSThe 29th May 1961 Charitable TrustThe Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable TrustAndrew Lloyd Webber FoundationBackstage TrustThe Bernard Sunley Charitable FoundationChapman Charitable Trust Cockayne – Grants for the ArtsThe John S Cohen FoundationThe Constance Travis Charitable TrustDCMS/Wolfson Museums & Galleries Improvement FundThe Drue and H.J. Heinz II Charitable TrustEdgerton FoundationThe Ernest Cook TrustEsmée Fairbairn Foundation The Foyle FoundationThe Fidelity Foundation Garfield Weston FoundationThe Gatsby Charitable FoundationJ Paul Getty Jr Charitable TrustThe Goldsmiths’ Charitable CompanyThe Golsoncott FoundationThe Grimmitt TrustGRoW @ AnnenbergThe Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationHitz FoundationJohn Armitage Charitable TrustThe Kovner FoundationKusuma Trust UKThe London Community FoundationThe Misses Barrie Charitable TrustThe Oakley Charitable TrustOppenheimer Generations FoundationPaul Hamlyn FoundationThe Patrick TrustThe Patron’s FundPF Charitable TrustThe Polonsky FoundationRSC FriendsThe Saintbury TrustThe Saints and Sinners TrustThe Schroder FoundationSidney E. Frank FoundationStratford Town TrustTrefoil TrustTubney Charitable TrustThe Wolfson FoundationThe Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers

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PUBLIC FUNDERSThe National Lottery through Arts Council EnglandThe National Lottery Heritage Fund

MAJOR SUPPORTERSLady Alexander of WeedonThe Bernard Sunley Charitable FoundationCoats - Official Thread Supplier to the RSCCoventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise PartnershipMichael and Susan ClasperThe Foyle FoundationGarfield Weston FoundationLydia and Manfred GorvyIan and Caroline LaingAnne and Rene OlivieriThe Patrick TrustMarcia WhitakerThe Wolfson Foundation

TRUST AND FOUNDATIONSGolsoncott FoundationThe Limoges TrustThe Oakley Charitable TrustThe Saints and The Sinners TrustSaintbury TrustTrefoil TrustThe Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers

COSTUME CIRCLESir Eric and Lady AndersonSally BennettIn Memory of Helen BraveMiss R F BalfourWalt and David BrechtSir Geoffrey and Lady CassAnne CharltonAmy ChenFelicia and Michael CrystalSarah and Tony de BellBrian and Susan DickieRay and Eileen DunnRobyn DurieGillian ForrestAlbert and Joyce GallonElizabeth GanneyAnn Glaves-SmithRos and Alan HaighTony and Linda HalesSir Max and Lady HastingsRosalind and Alan HearneIn Memory of Mrs Paddie HoldsworthJohn and Sue JenkinsonJohn Jennings and FriendsProfessor Vivien JonesCalico KateJoy and Geoff KennardRoberta Le PoidevinCarrie MarshHilary McGowanJohn ParrottDinah RewellJo RolfeJ. M. B. SandfordLinda and Paul SivelleMichael ThrussellJane and Sarah WilliamsJo Windsor

COSTUME WORKSHOP COUNCILEmma Bridgewater CBEStephen Brimson LewisGregory DoranNoma DumezweniLydia and Manfred GorvyLord Digby JonesCatherine MallyonEmma MarshAlistair McArthurAnne OlivieriJane PragnellMatthew RiceSir Antony SherJosette Simon OBESir Patrick Stewart OBEDame Harriet Walter DBE

RSC AMERICARoyal Shakespeare Company America is proud to support the Royal Shakespeare Company. Contributions to RSC America by US taxpayers are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

PresidentDr Douglas McPherson (to March 2020)Susan Tomasky (from March 2020)

BoardTracey DedrickMark FosterKen HitzNigel HugillSandie OkoroMark Pigott KBEParag SaxenaThomas J SchererSusan TomaskyKathleen J. Yoh

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OUR PATRON Her Majesty the Queen

OUR PRESIDENT His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales

OUR BOARDNigel Hugill

ChairmanMiranda Curtis

Deputy ChairBaroness McIntosh of Hudnall

Deputy ChairSir William Atkinson

Gregory DoranPaapa Essiedu

Catherine MallyonClare Reddington

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBESir Anthony Seldon

Professor James ShapiroMark SmithIan Squires

Mark ThompsonLiz Vernon

Lucy Williams

OUR GOVERNORSLord Andrew Adonis

George Alagiah OBESir David Bell

Anita Bhalla OBEElizabeth Boissevain

Lord Carrington DLMichael Clasper CBE

Bruce Kovner Professor Ruru Li

Dame Hilary Mantel DBEPaul Morrell OBE

Sandie OkoroPatsy Rodenburg OBE

Sue Stapely Alexander Patrick CBE

David TennantDame Harriet Walter DBE

Mike Wright

EMERITUS CHAIRMAN

Sir Geoffrey Cass

HONORARY EMERITUS

GOVERNORSLady AndersonCharles Flower

Frederick R KochSir Stanley Wells

Honorary GovernorsNeil Benson OBE

Philip BerminghamDavid Burbidge CBEMichael Crystal QC

Tony Hales CBESara Harrity MBE

Martin IredaleIan Laing

Charlotte Heber PercyRoger PringleTelfer Saywell

Lord Willoughby de Broke Stratford Town Mayor

Chairman, Stratford-on-Avon District CouncilThe Director, Shakespeare Institute

The Chief Executive, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

ARTISTS' ASSOCIATELady Sainsbury of Turville CBE

In recognition of her unparalleled commitment to the company.

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