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| Company type | Company of actors |
|---|---|
| Industry | Radio broadcasting |
| Predecessor | Repertory Drama Company |
| Founder | Val Gielgud |
Area served | World |
The Radio Drama Company is a company of actors formed by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War. It is sometimes referred to as RDC, or the Rep, a survival from its original name, the Drama Repertory Company.[1]
The cast of the company changes every six months, and auditions are held for the Carleton Hobbs Bursary, primarily for students graduating from drama courses, to recruit between four and six new members every year. There is also a Norman Beaton Fellowship to bring in actors from non-traditional backgrounds.
- ^ Gielgud (1957) p. 193