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Dateline:
8th April, 2007
Complete Works Completed
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival has come to
an end with Trevor Nunn's production of King Lear.
RSC Festival Director Deborah Shaw said, “The past year has been
the most fascinating celebration of Shakespeare's plays, bringing thousands
of theatre-makers and theatre-goers to Stratford-upon-Avon in a shared
adventure which has enriched us all. Along the way, we've discovered
new ways of collaborating, new ways of engaging and debating with our
audiences and we've seen the work of our house playwright illuminated
by artists from different generations, cultural perspectives and a whole
range of performance styles.
“The inspiration of the Complete Works has entered the RSC's bloodstream
as we embark on transforming our theatres and developing the ensemble
model. The Festival's been an engine of change, which is its most important
legacy”.
During the year:
- All 37 of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and long poems have been
presented
- 964 performances (including events) were staged
- Over thirty visiting companies took part, fifteen from overseas
- Productions were staged in eight different venues
- 568,514 tickets were sold
- Over 10,000 £5 tickets were sold to 16 to 25 year olds
- 50% of ticket bookers were new to the RSC
- 91% of ticket bookers were from the UK
- 120 golden tickets, which gave entrance to every performance and
event, were sold
- There were over 250 public events of all kinds, inculding workshops,
talks and screenings of Shakespeare films
- Over 240 events aimed at schools and colleges were organised by
RSC Learning
- Arounf 570 young people were given the opportunity to appear on
the Courtyard or Swan stages
- During the summer months there were nineteen performances by amateur
companies in the Dell
- 2,300 young people performed their versions of Shakespeare's plays
as part of the Mini Complete Works Festival in the Dell in July
- Countries outside the UK that were represented in the festival were
Germany, Japan, South Africa, Italy, Poland, China, USA, Brazil, Middle
East – Kuwait, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, India, Sri Lanka and
Russia
- Besides English, a total of 16 other languages were used in performance
throughout the Complete Works Festival
- Throughout the year, Festival productions were rehearsed in Stratford,
London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol,
Newbury, Devon, Cornwall, Tuscany, Saitama, Shanghai, Cape Town, Washington,
New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Pondicherry, Berlin, Munich, Wroslav,
Moscow, Kuwait City and Damascus
In addition, RSC productions made use of
- Over 1300 costumes, of which over 300 were for Henry VI, Parts
I, II and III
- Over 60 gallons of stage blood
- Approx 250 wigs, beards, moustaches, hairpieces
- At least 1000 specially created scars
- 179 actors
- Over 3000 props
- Over 250,000 programmes sold
and visiting companies used
- 473 actors (human)
- 25 actors (plastic)
- 2 actors (wooden)
- 302 production and associated staff
- 868 costumes
- 756 pairs of shoes
- 61 wigs
- 1023 assorted props
- 1 grand piano
- 2 children
- 3 babies
- 3 Vespas
- 1 candle lit church
- 12 translators
- 15 osteopath sessions
- Over 470 work permits
- 5 drama schools
- 7 hot air balloons
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