Board and Governors: Royal Shakespeare Company and predecessors

Description

Papers relating to the establishment and governance of the RSC and its predecessor bodies the Shakespeare Memorial Association and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. This includes Memoranda and Articles of Association; minute books of the Shakespeare Memorial Association (founded in 1875) and of the governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1875-1960, and of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 1961; annual reports and statements of account; various reports and governance papers; and also the published Annual Review from 1997/98 to the present.