Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon)

Have gone to other theatres in the past but not for about 5 years so can only really comment on The Courtyard Theatre that I have attended recently and will be again a further three times before the year is out. I went to see Hamlet last month and I am the first to sadly admit more for David Tennant than anything else! However I have never really wanted to see Hamlet, mainly for the length. The production was amazing regardless of David Tennant and Patrick Stewart performing. I found myself falling in love with Shakespear all over again, something I never really lost but have neglected over the last 5 or 6 years. The theatre itself is ...

Like most I was introduced to Shakespeare at school and enjoyed it enough to take enough interest to go to the occasional play. Now these were usually fine, but I always had a hankering to go and see it in Stratford, basically to see if there was anything noticeably better in a Royal Shakespeare Company production. Now, it is surprisingly difficult to get tickets for any play, I tried a few times until I managed to get seats for a play that I wanted to see on a night which was convenient. I suspect that many of the tickets are sold to tour companies months in advance, so that they can offer tours with a theatre ticket. There are three theatres, the Swan, ...