Central School of Speech and Drama
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The Central School of Speech and Drama is a United Kingdom government funded higher education college in London.
CSSD was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. Part of the campus is at the Swiss Cottage site in North London. There is also a site at Oval in South London.
Courses are provided in acting, art, arts management, circus, costume, design, directing, drama & education, drama and movement therapy, dramaturgy, lighting, media education with English, musical theatre, performance, prop-making, puppetry, scenic art, scenic construction, scenography, set design, sound, stage management, technical theatre, voice and writing.
Alumni
Famous past students include: Joss Ackland, Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Bailey, Jill Balcon, Lynda Bellingham, Gael Garcia Bernal, Claire Bloom, James Bolam, Jeremy Brett, Ben Browder, Michael Cacoyannis, Phyllis Calvert, Jim Cartwright, Julie Christie, Jeremy Clyde, Pauline Collins, Wendy Craig, Anna Cropper, Peter Davison, Judi Dench, Amanda Donohoe, Christopher Eccleston, Jennifer Ehle, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Firth, Carrie Fisher, Jerome Flynn, James Frain, Dawn French, Trevor Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Ann Jellicoe, Alice Krige, John Laurie, Cherie Lunghi, Virginia McKenna, Stephen Moore, Laurence Olivier, Richard Pasco, Neil Pearson, Harold Pinter, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Natasha Richardson, Bruce Robinson, Tony Robinson, Jennifer Saunders, Rufus Sewell, Ann Todd, Kathleen Turner, Mary Ure, Zoe Wanamaker, Kevin Whately, Frank Windsor.
External links
- Official Website (http://www.cssd.ac.uk)