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- [1955]-1957 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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Miscellaneous material relating to Siân Phillips' period of study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, including qualifiying passages; prospectus; student timetable; notes on vocal and postural exercises; annotated scripts; progress reports; list of candidates in a Shakespeare speaking test, autographed by participating students; notice of student productions at the Vanbrugh Theatre; items in Siân Phillips' hand; printed items annotated by Siân Phillips. Some items torn and consequently somewhat fragile.
Two items have been subsequently added to this collection in August 2023: Photocopied record of stage rôles played during 1956-7 by Sian Phillips whilst studying at RADA; together with a printed programme of a RADA production of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, staged at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, 3 December 1957, in which Siân Phillips took the leading rôle.
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- English
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The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), situated in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, is one of the oldest drama schools in Britain, founded in 1904 by actor and theatre manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The school provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television and radio. (Source: Wikipedia) The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's Vanbrugh Theatre replaced, in 1954, an earlier structure that was destroyed during World War II. In the late 1990s this theatre was in turn razed and replaced by a new building, which was officially opened in November 2000.
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Some items fragile (torn at edges).