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Also Known As	RADA
Date	1904 - present
Areas Of Involvement	theatre
Notable Alumni	Don Siegel • Anthony Hopkins • Madhur Jaffrey • Phoebe Waller-Bridge • Peter O’Toole • Alan Rickman • Harold Pinter • John Hurt • Ralph Fiennes • Joan Collins • Tom Hiddleston • Glenda Jackson • Mike Leigh • Charles Laughton • John Gielgud • Theodore Bikel
Related People	Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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Bauhaus Juilliard School The Actors Studio Academy Boston Latin School Horace Mann School École des Beaux-Arts National School of Drama Lyceum Spanish Riding School of Vienna