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- 1955-1957 (Creation)
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Material relating to Siân Phillips winning the Bancroft Gold Medal award while a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, which she attended from 1955 to 1957, including a congratulatory note from Kenneth Barnes, one-time Principal of RADA; certificate awarded to Siân Phillips on her achievement of the William Poel Memorial Prize, 18 March 1957.
Press cutting announcing Siân Phillips' admission to RADA via scholarship in September 1955.
Honours Diploma certificate awarded to Siân Phillips on leaving RADA in December 1957.
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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)
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Kenneth Ralph Barnes (1878 – 1957) was director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London from 1909-1955.
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The William Poel Memorial Prize, registered in 1973, is awarded for spoken dramatic verse or prose at a competition held annually at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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- Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Sir, 1878-1957. (Subject)