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[edit] Notable RSC Actors .. or not?

David Cross worked with the RSC? Really? I suppose it's possible, but if he really did then maybe someone can reference it on the wiki about him that is being linked to.

No, he didn't. I'm going to delete him. Old Moonraker 13:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

and Dennis Waterman?? Mujinga 20:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Waterman was a child actor and played Mamillius in Winter's Tale and a boy player in The Shrew of 1960. As an adult he was in Saratoga at the Aldwych in 1978. --Old Moonraker 14:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
wow, I've learnt something new! cheers Mujinga 14:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I think, there are now so many actors listed, many of them are in my opinion not really notable . Would it not be better, if new names would only be listed, after an article in wikipedia is written about them? And those with no article yet, be deleted? Anne-theater 20:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I have no deleted all the actors, who have no article in wikipedia. Except Chuck Iwuji and David Waller, who I both have seen on the stage of the RSC myself. For all the others I would suggest, that first an article is written, in which the performances for the RSC are noted, and that then the name is added to the list of the notable RSC actors. Otherwise this list is getting so long,that almost no one can keep track or differ between the really notable ones and those, who got the attention of a contributor to wikipedia. Anne-theater (talk) 21:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
"Notable" has been very widely stretched on this page until now—thank you for this WP:BOLD edit. I'm pleased you kept David Waller, though, I keep meaning to get round to him! --Old Moonraker (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Land

AFAIK Peter Land only had one major role with the company, that of Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1981. This doesn't really qualify him as a notable member of the company, or does it? The name of the editor who listed him might be a joke, of course... I'm inclined to rv this. Old Moonraker 16:04, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Inclined to agree. The same user created Gillian Lynne (wife of Peter Land) so probably really is vanity. Proteus isn't a bad role, mind. AndyJones 16:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Done. Gillian Lynne is notable and was overdue for an entry of her own, though. Old Moonraker 15:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Third Theatre

There are references on this page and the Stratford-upon-Avon page to The Other Place as the third theatre the RSC run. According to their site the third theatre the RSC run in Stratford is the newly opened Courtyard Theatre. Anyone want to elaborate on the situation before I change the text of the article? --Edith The Hutt 14:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The Courtyard Theatre is the large, temporary theatre they are using while the Memorial Theatre is being refitted. Deatails here. Old Moonraker 15:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

I tried to put the references into a more 'traditional' version. But as most of them are weblinks, it looked not as it should have. Is there a possibility to write these references in a different way? Anne-theater 20:53, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Have you tried using the most apt template from the WP:CIT page and using it with the <ref> tag? It's a good way to get consistency, but it can be tedious. --Old Moonraker (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)