In November 2004, the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned Ian Ritchie Architects to design a one-thousand-seat theatre. It was to be sited in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, and to be ready to stage its first performance less than twenty months later during the Complete Works Festival. As well as this challenging schedule, the theatre was to be a vehicle for research into the design of a large thrust-stage auditorium - research that would inform...
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