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Anger as Royal Court puts sponsor's name up in lights
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SIR PETER Hall yesterday criticised a deal by which a private
company will have its name in lights outside one of the country's
most historic venues, the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Sir Peter, former director of the National Theatre and Royal
Shakespeare Company, said the pounds 3m deal with the Jerwood company
was a "typical sign of the times ... The Royal Court isn't the
Jerwood theatre. It has 100 years of history, and Jerwood are buying
those 100 years for pounds 3m."
The ...
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Royal Court in pounds 3m name deal
The Independent - London
; SIR PETER Hall yesterday criticised a deal by which a private company will have its name in lights outside one of the country's most historic venues, the Royal Court Theatre in London. The Jerwood Foundation will give the publicly subsidised theatre the final pounds 3m needed to complete its pounds
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Stoppard makes his Royal Court debut to mark its 50th birthday.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Louise Jury Arts Correspondent Some of British theatre's most influential figures, led by Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Daldry and David Hare, are to help the Royal Court Theatre in London celebrate its 50th anniversary as the home of cutting-edge contemporary writing. Pinter, who
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Courting disaster turns into a spanking new success; Despite scooping pounds 18.8 million from the National Lottery, the survival of the Royal Court, London's proving gound for new writers for nearly half a century, has been a near-run thing, writes INDI BOYD MAUNSELL.
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Eighteen months behind schedule, the English Stage Company is finally back at Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square. Thanks to the National Lottery, it is now the top theatre venue in London with spanking new front-of-house and production facilities, a far cry from the dilapidated health and safety
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Rebellion at the Royal Court over Stoppard play.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: TOM TEODORCZUK THE 50th anniversary celebrations at the Royal Court theatre have been thrown into disarray by a row over the inclusion of a new play by Sir Tom Stoppard. Two productions have been withdrawn from the season beginning next month, one at least in protest at the inclusion of the
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Royal Court reshuffle streamlines political system, THE STAR
The Star (Jordan, Middle East)
; 00-00-0000 His Majesty King Abdallah's decision to restructure the Royal Court implies broad indications for its future tasks. JORDAN (Star) - His Majesty King Abdallah's decision to restructure the Royal Court implies broad indications for its future tasks. King Abdallah made it clear on Sunday he
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