Patrons
Shortly after the completion of the extension in 1984, Prunella Scales and Timothy West were invited to become patrons of the theatre and this they both agreed to do. In 2012 Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes also agreed to become patrons of the theatre. Before her death, Joyce Redman had been a patron for many years.
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Famous quotes containing the word patrons:
“The Stage but echoes back the publick Voice.
The Drama’s Laws the Drama’s Patrons give,
For we that live to please, must please to live.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“In 1869 he started his work for temperance instigated by three drunken men who came to his home with a paper signed by a saloonkeeper and his patrons on which was written “For God’s sake organize a temperance society.””
—Federal Writers’ Project Of The Wor, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The drama’s laws, the drama’s patrons give,
For we that live to please, must please to live.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)