Actors From The London Stage (consisting of five British Shakespearean artists from such companies as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, among others) is an educational program developed in 1975 by Homer Swander at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The theatre company is now based in London and at the University of Notre Dame. The artists devote a large part of their time to lectures, workshops, seminars, and informal meetings with students. Their stay provides students and faculty with a unique opportunity both to observe extraordinary performances and to discuss literature and the art of theatre in depth with some of the most talented artists from some of the most important theatre companies in the world. Contact us at shakespeare.nd.edu/AFTLS.

Founder

Homer Swander

Academic Director

Peter Holland

Founding Directors

Tony Church
Lisa Harrow
Bernard Lloyd
Sir Patrick Stewart

Associate Directors

Bruce Alexander
Natasha Bain
Peter Bray
Anna Crichlow
Matthew Davies
Caroline Devlin
William Donaldson
Evvy Miller
Richard Neale
Claire Redcliffe
Annabelle Terry
Michael Wagg
Jack Whitam
Jennifer Winter

Emeritus

David Acton
Gareth Armstrong
Tim Hardy
Vivien Heilbron
Paul O’Mahony
Michael Palmer
David Rintoul
Eunice Roberts 
Alison Skilbeck
Chris Staines
Lucy Tregear
Alinka Wright