Notable Actors Past and Present
Many notable actors have appeared in RSC productions and at Stratford and in London. Some of them include :
- Sean Bean
- Brian Blessed
- Kenneth Branagh
- Ian Charleson
- Tim Curry
- Judi Dench
- Edith Evans
- Mia Farrow
- Albert Finney
- Michael Gambon
- John Gielgud
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Dustin Hoffman
- Jeremy Irons
- Derek Jacobi
- Emrys James
- Ben Kingsley
- Jude Law
- Vivien Leigh
- John Lithgow
- Calvin Lockhart
- Alec McCowen
- Ian McKellen
- Ian McDiarmid
- Helen Mirren
- Gary Oldman
- Peter O'Toole
- Laurence Olivier
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Ian Richardson
- Alan Rickman
- Ralph Fiennes
- Michael Sheen
- Patrick Stewart
- David Tennant
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- David Warner
- Zoë Wanamaker
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