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Dateline: 25th January, 2006
Cooke to Take Over Royal Court Dominic Cooke, associate director at the Royal Shakespeare Company with responsibility for new writing, will take over as artistic director of the Royal Court in January next year when the current director, Ian Rickson, leaves. The appointments panel was unanimous, said chair Anthony Burton, in selecting Cooke from a "trule exception field." "Dominic Cooke dazzled the interview panel with his inspirational vision, innovative programming ideas and plans for change at the Royal Court," he said. Cooke, who was associate director at the Royal COurt from 1999 to 2002, said, "The Royal Court is one of the leading theatres in the world and I am delighted to be taking over from Ian Rickson as artistic director and pursuing my vision for its future." His productions at the theatre include The People Are Friendly and Plasticine. His work at the RSC includes producing the company's New Work season Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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