The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a

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in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for

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, and

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. It is based in the

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area of

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, close to the

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complex of the

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and is a founding member of the

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. It is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1904 by Sir

Herbert Beerbohm Tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor and theatre manager. Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre in the West End, winning praise for adventurous progra ...

. It moved to buildings on Gower Street in 1905. It was granted a Royal Charter in 1920 and a new theatre was built on Malet Street, behind the Gower Street buildings that was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1921. It received its first government subsidy in 1924. RADA currently has five theatres and a cinema. The school’s Principal Industry Partner is

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. RADA offers a number of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Its higher education awards are validated by

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

(KCL). The Royal Patron of the school is

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, following the death of

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in 2022. The President is Sir

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, who succeeded Richard, Lord Attenborough, following his death in 2014. The Chairman is Marcus Ryder , who succeeded Sir

Stephen Waley-Cohen Sir Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 22 June 1946 in Westminster, London)

in 2021. Its Vice-Chairman was

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until his death in 2016. The current Principal of the Academy is Niamh Dowling, who succeeded Edward Kemp in 2022.

History

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) was founded on 25 April 1904 by actor-manager Sir

at the West End’s

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situated in

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in the

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, London. In 1905, RADA moved to 62 Gower Street, and a managing council was set up to oversee the school. Its members included

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, who later donated his royalties from his play ''

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'' to RADA, and gave lectures to students at the school. In 1920, RADA was granted a Royal Charter, and in 1921, a new theatre was built on Malet Street, behind the Gower Street buildings. Edward, Prince of Wales, opened the theatre. In 1923, Sir

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Briti ...

studied at RADA for a year. He later became President of the Academy, and its first Honorary Fellow. 1924 saw RADA's first government subsidy, a grant of £500. The Gower Street buildings were torn down in 1927 and replaced with a new building, financed by George Bernard Shaw, who also left one-third of his royalties to the Academy on his death in 1950. The Academy has received other government funding at various times throughout its history, including a £22.7m grant from the Arts Council National Lottery Board, which was used to renovate its premises and rebuild the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre. In 2000 the Academy founded RADA Enterprises Ltd, now known as RADA Business, providing training programmes and coaching for organisations and individuals in communications and team building that uses drama training techniques in a business context. The profits are fed back into the Academy to help cover the costs. In 2001, RADA joined with the London Contemporary Dance School to create the UK's first

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(CDD). RADA left the CDD in August 2019 to become an independent higher education provider. RADA is also a founder member of the

, established in 2017. In 2011,

The Lir Academy The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art is an Irish drama school that offers conservatory training for theatre, film and television from industry professionals. The Lir Academy is located in Dublin, Ireland, and is a part of Trinity College Dubl ...

was established in association with RADA at

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, with the partnership of the Cathal Ryan Trust. Following RADA’s conservatoire-style, practical theatre training, The Lir Academy modelled its courses after the London-based school. RADA has been registered with the Office for Students as a higher education institution since July 2018. In July 2020, the then Principal Edward Kemp responded to the Black Lives Matter movement by acknowledging that "RADA has been and currently is institutionally racist" and set out in detail its plans to change.

Courses

RADA's higher education awards are validated by

(KCL) and its students graduate alongside members of the KCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities. It is based in the

area of

, close to the

complex of the

. It is a founder member of the Federation of Drama Schools. RADA has expanded its course offering over the years. The school offers a three-year BA (Hons) in Acting degree. The first stage management course was introduced in 1962 under the directorship of

Dorothy Tenham Dorothy Tenham, born Dorothy Swettenham, (1 April 1931 – 15 February 2008) was an English actor and stage manager who became a pioneering teacher of technical theatre. In the mid-1950s she established, against much opposition, the first course ...

, and today students on the Technical Theatre and Stage Management degree learn theatre production skills including lighting, sound, props, costume and make-up, stage management, production management and video design. In the 1990s it launched a programme of short courses for actors and theatre technicians from around the world, including a special course for students at the

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. Other courses include a one-year acting Foundation Course introduced in 2007; an MA in Text & Performance, affiliated with

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, introduced in 2010; and an MA Theatre Lab course introduced in 2011.

Campus

RADA is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London. The main RADA building where classes and rehearsals take place is on Gower Street (with a second entrance on

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), with a second premise nearby in Chenies Street where

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is located. The

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and

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underground stations are both within walking distance. The Gower and Malet Street building was re-developed in the late 1990s to designs by

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, and incorporated the new theatres and linking the entrances on both streets.

Theatres

RADA has five theatres and a cinema. In the Malet Street building, the Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre is the largest performance space with a capacity of 194; the George Bernard Shaw Theatre is a black box theatre with a capacity of up to 70; and the Gielgud Theatre is an intimate studio theatre with a capacity of up to 50. In January 2012, RADA acquired the lease to the adjacent Drill Hall venue in Chenies Street and renamed it

. The Drill Hall is a Grade II listed building with a long performing arts history, and was where Nijinsky rehearsed with Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1911. This venue has a 200-seat space, the Studio Theatre, and a 50-seat space, the Club Theatre. In April 2016, planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of the Chenies Street premises as part of the

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Campaign.

Library

The RADA library contains around 30,000 items. Works include around 10,000 plays; works of or about biography, costume, criticism, film, fine art, poetry, social history, stage design, technical theatre and theatre history; screenplays; and theatre periodicals. The collection was started in 1904 with donations from actors and writers of the time such as Sir

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, Sir

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and George Bernard Shaw.

Other facilities

Other facilities at RADA include acting studios, a scenic art workshop with paint frame, costume workrooms and costume store, dance and fight studios, design studios, wood and metal workshops, sound studios, rehearsal studios, and the RADA Foyer Bar, which includes a fully licensed bar, a café and a box office.

Admissions

RADA accepts up to 28 new students each year into its three-year BA (Hons) in Acting course, with a 50–50 split of male and female students. Admission into the three-year BA (Hons) in Acting course is based on suitability and successful audition, via the four-stage audition process, spanning several months. Auditions are held in London as well as in New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, and across the UK – in recent years this has included Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Chester, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle and Plymouth. Free auditions are offered to any applicants with a household income of under £25,000. RADA also teaches Technical Theatre & Stage Management (TTSM) – a two-year Foundation Degree and with a further 'completion' year to BA level which has to be separately applied for and which allows for specialisation in all theatre craft areas. The TTSM course admits up to 30 students a year with a 50–50 gender balance, with the option to interview in Manchester and Plymouth. RADA’s postgraduate training currently comprises a MA Theatre Lab programme and a Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Costume (both validated by King's College London). RADA also jointly teaches an MA in Text and Performance with Birkbeck, University of London, where students on this course are enrolled at RADA as well as registered at Birkbeck. Both MA courses frequently collaborated according to their specialisms (i.e. directors on the Text & Performance programme using actors from the Theatre Lab course). Rehearsals and performances for the programmes are done mostly in the Chenies Street and Malet Street buildings. In addition, RADA offers a series of short courses, masterclasses and summer courses for a range of standards and ages. Previous attendees have included Allison Janney,

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and Emma Watson. The Academy’s education, widening participation and outreach work includes two Youth Companies, schools' workshops, Access to Acting workshops for young disabled people, Shakespeare tours to secondary schools and the RADA Shakespeare Awards. Undergraduate students are eligible for government student loans. RADA also has a scholarships and bursaries scheme, which offers financial assistance to students.

Leadership

The Royal Patron of RADA is

, following the death of

in 2022. The President is Sir

, who succeeded Richard, Lord Attenborough, following his death in 2014. The Chairman is Marcus Ryder , who succeeded Sir

Stephen Waley-Cohen Sir Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 22 June 1946 in Westminster, London)

in 2021. Its Vice-Chairman was

until his death in 2016. The current Principal of the Academy is Niamh Dowling, who succeeded Edward Kemp in 2022.

Principals of RADA

* Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (founder) * Sir

Kenneth Barnes Sir Kenneth Ralph Barnes (11 September 1878 – 16 October 1957) was director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, from 1909-55. Born at Heavitree, near Exeter, the youngest of six children of Rev. Reginald Henry Barnes (1 ...

(1909–1955) * John Fernald (1955–1966) *

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(1966–1985) * Oliver Neville (1984–1993) * Nicholas Barter (1993–2007) * Edward Kemp (2007–2021) * Niamh Dowling (2022–present)

Presidents of RADA

* Sir Squire Bancroft (1906) * Sir

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(1927–1928) * Sir Gerald du Maurier (1929–1930) *

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(1931–1933) *

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(1945) * Dame

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(1946–1947) * Dame

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(1948–1949) * Athene Seyler (1950–1951) * Sir

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(1954) * Dame

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(1955–1963) * Dame

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(1964–1976) * Sir

(1977–1989) *

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(1989–1997) * Richard, Lord Attenborough (2002–2014) * Sir Kenneth Branagh (2014–present)

Honorary Fellows

Listed alphabetically by date of appointment * Sir John Gielgud (1989) * Cicely Berry (2018) *

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– (''Matilda the Musical'', ''Doctor Foster (TV series), Doctor Foster'') * Lolita Chakrabarti – (''Red Velvet (play), Red Velvet'', ''Jekyll and Hyde (TV series), Jekyll & Hyde'') * Chipo Chung – (''Fortitude (TV series), Fortitude'', ''A.D. The Bible Continues'') * Sian Clifford – (''Fleabag'') * Richard Coleman – (''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'', ''There's a Girl in My Soup (play), There's a Girl in My Soup'', ''...And Mother Makes Three'', ''...And Mother Makes Five'') * Joan Collins – (''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty'', ''The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'') *Daisy May Cooper – (''This Country'') * Roland Culver – (''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'') * Timothy Dalton – (''The Living Daylights'', ''Licence to Kill'') * Arthur Darvill – (''Doctor Who'', ''Broadchurch'') * Frank Dillane – (''Fear the Walking Dead'', ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'') * Adetomiwa Edun – (''Merlin (2008 TV series), Merlin'', ''Alex Hunter (character), FIFA video games'') * Taron Egerton – (''Testament of Youth (film), Testament of Youth'', ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'', ''Sing (2016 American film), Sing'', ''Eddie the Eagle (film), Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman (film), Rocketman'') * Tom Prior – (''Firebird (2021 film)'', ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'', ''The Theory of Everything (2014 film)'') * Denholm Elliott – (''Alfie (1966 film), Alfie'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''Trading Places'') * Robert Englund – (''A Nightmare on Elm Street'') * Cynthia Erivo – (''I Can't Sing!'', ''The Color Purple (musical), The Color Purple'', ''Harriet (film), Harriet'') * Trevor Eve – (''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'', ''Waking the Dead (TV series), Waking the Dead'') * Patsy Ferran – (''Jamestown (TV series), Jamestown'', ''Summer and Smoke#Stage performances, Summer and Smoke'') * Ralph Fiennes – (''Schindler's List'', ''Skyfall'', ''Harry Potter'') * Albert Finney – (''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'', ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'') * Edward Fox (actor), Edward Fox – (''The Day of the Jackal (film), The Day of the Jackal'', ''Edward & Mrs. Simpson'') * Laurence Fox – (''Lewis (TV series), Lewis'', ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'') * Michael Gambon – (''Harry Potter'', ''The King's Speech'') *

– (''Arthur (1981 film), Arthur'', ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'') * Iain Glen – (''Game of Thrones'', Resident Evil (film series), ''Resident Evil'') * Julian Glover – (''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'') * Eva Gray (actress), Eva Gray – (''The Trudy Lite Show'', ''The Trudy Lite Chat Show'', ''Marilyn Monroe'', ''Sooty Heights'') * Hugh Griffith – (''Ben-Hur'', ''Oliver! (film), Oliver!'') * Ioan Gruffudd – (''Hornblower'', ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''Fantastic Four (2005 film), Fantastic Four'') * Sheila Hancock – (''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'', ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd'') * Terry Hands – (founder of Liverpool Everyman Theatre, artistic director of Royal Shakespeare Company) * Bryony Hannah – (''Call the Midwife'') * Cedric Hardwicke – (''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'') * David Harewood – (''Homeland (TV series), Homeland'', ''The Night Manager (TV series), The Night Manager'') * Rosemary Harris – (''Tom & Viv'', ''Holocaust (miniseries), Holocaust'') * Nyasha Hatendi – (''Casual (TV series), Casual'') * Sally Hawkins – (''Blue Jasmine'', ''Godzilla (2014 film), Godzilla'', ''The Shape of Water'') * James Hayter (actor), James Hayter – (''The Pickwick Papers (1952 film), The Pickwick Papers'', ''Trio (film), Trio'', ''The Onedin Line'') * Tom Hiddleston – (''Thor (film), Thor'', ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers'', ''War Horse (film), War Horse'', ''The Night Manager'', ''Avengers: Infinity War'') * Ciarán Hinds – (''Munich (2005 film), Munich'', ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'') * Ian Holm – (''Alien (film), Alien'', ''The Lord of the Rings'') * Anthony Hopkins – (''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'', ''The Lion in Winter (1968 film), The Lion in Winter'', ''Westworld (TV series), Westworld'') * Jane Horrocks – (''Little Voice (film), Little Voice'', ''Absolutely Fabulous'') * Trevor Howard – (''Brief Encounter'', ''The Third Man'') * Tom Hughes (actor), Tom Hughes — (''Victoria (British TV series), Victoria'', ''Cemetery Junction (film), Cemetery Junction'') * John Hurt – (''Alien (film), Alien'', ''The Elephant Man (film), The Elephant Man'') * Wilfrid Hyde-White – (''My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'') * Glenda Jackson – (''Women in Love (film), Women in Love'', ''Sunday Bloody Sunday (film), Sunday Bloody Sunday'') * Marianne Jean-Baptiste – (''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies'', ''Broadchurch'') * Lionel Jeffries – (''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'') * Mervyn Johns – (''Jamaica Inn (film), Jamaica Inn'', ''Scrooge (1951 film), Scrooge'') * Celia Johnson – (''Brief Encounter'', ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'') * Gemma Jones – (''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'', ''Bridget Jones's Diary'') * Alex Kingston – (''Croupier'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''Doctor Who'') * Charles Laughton – (''Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), Mutiny on the Bounty'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'') * Tamara Lawrance – (''King Charles III (film), King Charles III'', ''The Long Song (TV series), The Long Song'') * Vivien Leigh – (''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', ''A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film), A Streetcar Named Desire'') * Mike Leigh, director – (''Abigail's Party'', ''Secrets & Lies'') * Anton Lesser – (''Wolf Hall (TV series), Wolf Hall'', ''Endeavour (TV series), Endeavour'') * Adrian Lester – (''Hustle (TV series), Hustle'', ''Henry V (play), Henry V'') * Robert Lindsay (actor), Robert Lindsay (''My Family'', ''Me and My Girl'') * Andrew Lincoln – (''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'', ''Love Actually'') * Joan Littlewood – director (''A Taste of Honey'', ''Oh, What a Lovely War!'') * Margaret Lockwood – (''The Lady Vanishes'', ''Night Train to Munich'') * Ida Lupino – (''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'') * Emma Lowndes – (''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'') * Matthew Macfadyen – (''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'', ''The Three Musketeers (2011 film), The Three Musketeers'', ''Succession (TV series), Succession '') * Stephen Mangan – (''Episodes (TV series), Episodes'', ''Postman Pat: The Movie'') * Nathaniel Martello-White – (Collateral (TV series), Collateral) * Stefanie Martini – (''Prime Suspect 1973'', ''Crooked House (film), Crooked House'') * Daniel Mays – (''Ashes to Ashes (British TV series), Ashes to Ashes'', ''Line of Duty'') * Gugu Mbatha-Raw – (''Belle (2013 film), Belle'', ''Jupiter Ascending'') * Steve McFadden – (''EastEnders'') * Lauren Crace – (''EastEnders'') * Paul McGann – (''Withnail and I'', ''Alien 3'', ''Doctor Who (film), Doctor Who'') * Ian McShane – (''Lovejoy'', ''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'') * Janet McTeer – (''Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Wuthering Heights'', ''Tumbleweeds (1999 film), Tumbleweeds'') * Tobias Menzies – (''Rome (TV series), Rome'', ''Game of Thrones'', ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander'', ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown '') * Roger Moore – (''The Saint (TV series), The Saint, James Bond in film, James Bond'') * Robert Morley – (''The African Queen (film), The African Queen'') * Wunmi Mosaku – (''Lovecraft Country (TV series), Lovecraft Country'', ''Luther (TV series), Luther'') * Alan Napier – (''Batman (TV series), Batman'') * John Neville (actor), John Neville – (''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'') * Vincenzo Nicoli – (''Alien³'', ''The Dark Knight'') * Dean Norris – (''Breaking Bad'', ''Under the Dome (TV series), Under the Dome'') * Rufus Norris – (artistic director, Royal National Theatre, National Theatre) * Sophie Okonedo – (''Hotel Rwanda'', ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Things'') * Joe Orton – playwright – (''Loot (play), Loot'', ''What the Butler Saw (play), What the Butler Saw'') * Peter O'Toole – (''Lawrence of Arabia (film), Lawrence of Arabia'', ''The Lion in Winter'') * Clive Owen – (''Children of Men'', ''Sin City (film), Sin City'') * Bruce Payne – (''Passenger 57'', ''Highlander: Endgame'') * Maxine Peake – (''Silk (TV series), Silk'', ''The Village (2013 TV series), The Village'') * Jon Pertwee (''Worzel Gummidge'', ''Doctor Who'') (expelled) * Siân Phillips – (''I, Claudius''; ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'') * Jonathan Pryce – (''Brazil (1985 film), Brazil'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of the Caribbean'') * Paul Pyant – (lighting designer, ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'') * Basil Radford – (''Jamaica Inn'', ''Night Train to Munich'') * Claude Rains - (''Casablanca'', ''The Invisible Man'', ''Notorious'') * Jessica Raine – (''Call the Midwife'', ''Jericho (2016 TV series), Jericho'') * Anne Reid – (''Dinnerladies (TV series), Dinnerladies'', ''Last Tango in Halifax'') * Matthew Rhys – (''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'', ''The Americans'') * Paul Rhys – (''The Assets'', ''Chaplin (film), Chaplin'') * John Rhys-Davies – (''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Indiana Jones (franchise), Indiana Jones'') *

– (''Harry Potter'', ''Die Hard'') * Diana Rigg – (''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', ''Game of Thrones'') * Andrea Riseborough – (''Birdman (film), Birdman'', ''Oblivion (2013 film), Oblivion'') * Mark Rylance – (''Wolf Hall'', ''Bridge of Spies (film), Bridge of Spies'') * Grace Saif – (''13 Reasons Why'') * Peter Sallis – (''Last of the Summer Wine'', ''Wallace and Gromit'') * Fiona Shaw – (''Harry Potter'', ''My Left Foot'', ''Richard II (play), Richard II'') * Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw – (''Jaws (film), Jaws'', ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'') * Michael Sheen – (Good Omens (TV series), ''Good Omens'', ''Masters of Sex'', ''Tron: Legacy'') * Kyle Soller – (''Poldark (2015 TV series), Poldark'') * Timothy Spall – (''Harry Potter'', ''The King's Speech'') * Imelda Staunton – (''Vera Drake'', ''Another Year (film), Another Year'') * Juliet Stevenson – (''Truly, Madly, Deeply'', ''Bend It Like Beckham'') * Michelle Terry – (artistic director, Shakespeare's Globe, Shakespeare’s Globe) * John Thaw – (''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'', ''Kavanagh QC'') * Indira Varma – (''Game of Thrones'', ''Luther'') * John Vernon – (''The Outlaw Josey Wales'') * Phoebe Waller-Bridge – (''Fleabag'', ''Killing Eve'', ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'') * Chris Walley (actor), Chris Walley – (''The Young Offenders (film), The Young Offenders'', ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore#Production history, The Lieutenant of Inishmore'') * Jason Watkins – (''Being Human (British TV series), Being Human'', ''Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series), Lark Rise to Candleford'') * David Warner (actor), David Warner – (''Straw Dogs (1971 film), Straw Dogs, Star Trek'', ''Titanic'') * Ben Whishaw – (''Skyfall'', ''Paddington (film), Paddington'') * June Whitfield – (''Terry and June'', ''Absolutely Fabulous'') * Tom Wilkinson – (''Michael Clayton'', ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'') * Michael Williams (actor), Michael Williams – (''Elizabeth R'', ''Educating Rita (film), Educating Rita'') * Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson – (''One Foot in the Grave'', ''Merlin'') * Susan Wokoma – (''Chewing Gum (TV series), Chewing Gum'', ''Year of the Rabbit (TV series), Year of the Rabbit'') * Aimee Lou Wood – (''Sex Education (TV series), Sex Education'') * Edward Woodward – (''The Wicker Man'', ''The Equalizer (1985 TV series), The Equalizer'') * Owain Yeoman – (''The Mentalist'', ''Troy (film), Troy'') * Susannah York – (''They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film), They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'', ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'') * Kit Young – (''Shadow and Bone (TV series), Shadow and Bone'')

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* {{authority control Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Education in the London Borough of Camden Educational institutions established in 1904 King's College London Performing arts education in London Schools of the performing arts in the United Kingdom Drama schools in London 1904 establishments in England Kenneth Branagh