The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. It is built onto the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST. Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company, one of the most influential in the country. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a large theatre dedicated to British playwright William Shakespeare in his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon. ... ...

The Swan is designed as a modernized Elizabethan theatre. It features a thrust stage and a circular auditorium that echoes the structure of Elizabethan theatres, but it is indoors, has comfortable seating, and features modern lighting and sound technology. In theater, a thrust stage is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the back stage area by its up stage end. ...

The Swan was opened in 1986 and was originally intended as a space for the performance of Elizabethan drama, but it has subsequently been used for many other types of theatre including the works of Chekhov, Ibsen and Tennessee Williams. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabethan theatre is a general term covering the plays written and performed publicly in England during the reign (1558 - 1603) of Queen Elizabeth I. The term can be used more broadly to also include theatre of Elizabeths immediate successors, James I and Charles I, until the closure of public... Anton Chekhov, Russian writer Pavel Chekov, character in Star Trek Chekhov, town in Moscow Oblast, Russia Chekhov, town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Chekhovo, health resort in Bashkiria, Russia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828–May 23, 1906) was an extremely influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwriters in the twentieth century. ...