England Guide
The West Midlands and the Peak District
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Royal Shakespeare Company performances
1 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) 
0844 800 1110 
www.rsc.org.uk The RSC works on a repertory system, so you could stay in Stratford for a few days and see three or four different plays. Neither would they all have to be Shakespearean: the RSC does indeed focus on the great man's plays, but it offers other productions too, from new modern writing through to plays written by Shakespeare's contemporaries. The RSC currently performs in the Courtyard Theatre on Southern Lane, but 2010 sees the re-opening of the two renovated main theatres as well: the state-of-the-art Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre, a replica "in-the-round" Elizabethan stage. Price: Tickets cost from £5–30