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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a riverside brick playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon that houses the Royal Shakespeare Company and the smaller Swan Theatre. The complex contains a 1,040+ seat thrust-stage auditorium, public terraces and a 36-metre observation tower, and sits beside the Bancroft Gardens on the western bank of the River Avon.

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First raised

1932

Its prime

2011

Today

Restored

As it stood in 2011

What Royal Shakespeare Theatre looked like in its prime.

A wide, low-curved red-brick auditorium with a silvery metal curved roofline and a full-height glazed band on the upper floor; to the right a tall rectangular red-brick tower with small square windows and a glazed top section. A modern glass colonnade links the brick volumes and displays the RSC logo. The theatre sits beside lawns and a paved central approach from Bancroft Gardens, with benches, a modern fountain sculpture and riverside planting in front.

Step inside

9 places to explore in 2011.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, including 6 interiors: glass colonnade entrance (colonnade linking theatres), royal shakespeare auditorium — thrust stage, swan theatre auditorium and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Bancroft Gardens central approachFront plaza with fountain sculptureGlass colonnade entrance (Colonnade linking theatres)Royal Shakespeare auditorium — thrust stageSwan Theatre auditoriumRooftop Restaurant and terrace36-metre tower — viewing platformPACCAR Room exhibition spaceRiverside walk along the Avon

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