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((Short description|Amateur theatre company))((More citations needed|date=April 2022))
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[[File:Tolethorpe Hall near Stamford - geograph.org.uk - 214605.jpg|thumb|The grounds of Tolethorpe Hall; on the left the permanent canopy covering the auditorium]]
'''Stamford Shakespeare Company''',<ref>((cite book |last=Engle |first=Ron |last2=Hardison Londre| first2=Felicia| last3=Watermeier |first3=Daniel |year=1995 |title=Shakespeare Companies and Festivals: An International Guide |page=516))</ref> a registered charity,<ref>((cite web |url = http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/search-for-a-charity/?txt=stamford+shakespeare |title = 273859 - Stamford Shakespeare Company |date = 1977 |website = Charity Commission |accessdate= January 9, 2014 ))</ref> is an amateur theatre company presenting an annual season of plays in June, July and August at the Rutland Open Air Theatre<ref>((cite book |last=Holland |first=Peter |year=2007 |title=Shakespeare Survey: Volume 60: Theatres for Shakespeare |page=324))</ref><ref>((cite web |url = http://www.director.co.uk/afterhours/arts/events/aevt82.html |title = Drama in the great outdoors |last = Hanson |first = Sarah |publisher = Director Publications |date = 2010 |website = Director |accessdate= January 9, 2014))</ref> in the grounds of [[Tolethorpe Hall]],<ref>((cite web |url = http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/VenueDetails.aspx?venuecode=8243 |title = Rutland Open Air Theatre |website = Lincolnshire County Council |accessdate= January 9, 2014 ))</ref> [[Rutland]].

== History ==

The amateur Stamford Shakespeare Company was founded in 1968 by the late Jean Harley, then Artistic Director, with a performance of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' in the Monastery Garden of the historic [[George Hotel, Stamford|George Hotel]] in  [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]]. It was under the support of the Stamford Arts Centre Committee in aid of the proposed new Arts Centre and restoration of the town's Georgian Theatre. In 1971, the theatre group became independent and was named the "Stamford Shakespeare Company".<ref name="histories">((cite book |last=Harrison |first=Derek |title=Tolethorpe Histories: Tolethorpe - 1000 Years, The American Connection; Robert Browne - Elizabethan Angry Young Man; Stamford Shakespeare Company, 1968 - ; Tolethorpe Youth Drama 2001 - |last2=Hooson |first2=Mark |date=1 March 2007 |publisher=Stamford Shakespeare Company |isbn=9780955493409))</ref>((Page needed|date=May 2023))

Open-air Shakespeare plays continued at the George Hotel until  1976, when the hotel could no longer accommodate the summer open-air theatre because of building work. [[Tolethorpe Hall]] came on the market in a near derelict state early in 1977 and was acquired by the Stamford Shakespeare Company with a private loan later repaid.<ref name=histories/>((Page needed|date=May 2023))<ref>((cite news |last=Jensen |first=Gregory |date=September 7, 1986 |title=Stamford: A lovely little town frozen in stone |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19860907&id=5i4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FIQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,2583252 |newspaper=The [[Deseret News]] |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate=February 1, 2014))</ref> The main interest in the grounds was a natural amphitheatre which was converted into a concrete-stepped 600-seat auditorium covered by a canvas canopy. The first season opened in May 1977 with performances of ''[[Macbeth]]'' and ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''.

The hall itself stands on the middle of three terraces cut in sloping ground. The raked auditorium looks outward across the lower terrace which forms the stage behind which, is the open country of the [[River Gwash|Gwash]] valley. The Stamford Shakespeare Company presents a three-month season each summer. Normally there are two Shakespeare plays and one by another playwright.

== 2014 season ==
* ''[[As You Like It]]''
* ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass]]''
* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''

== 2015 season ==
* ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
* ''[[The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|Tom Jones]]''

== 2016 season ==
* ''[[Macbeth]]''
*  ''[[The Tempest]]''
*  ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]''

== 2017 season ==
* '' [[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
* '' [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]] '' 
* '' [[Hobson's Choice (play)|Hobson's Choice]] ''

== 2018 season ==
* '' [[The Merchant of Venice]] ''
* '' [[The Merry Wives of Windsor]] ''
* '' [[The School for Scandal]] ''

== 2019 season ==
* ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]''
* ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]''

== 2020 season ==
* ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
* ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
*((Official website|http://www.stamfordshakespeare.co.uk/))

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[[Category:Shakespearean theatre companies]]
[[Category:Amateur theatre companies in England]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Charities based in Rutland]]
[[Category:Culture in Rutland]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Rutland]]
[[Category:Stamford, Lincolnshire]]

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