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Royal Dramatic College
The Royal Dramatic College was a home for retired actors in Woking, England; it was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in 1865, and closed because of financial difficulty in 1877.
==Origins of the College==
On 21 July 1858, at the Princess's Theatre, London, there was a well-attended meeting, chaired by the actor Charles Kean, to discuss the feasibility of providing almshouses for retired actors. Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray were among those present. As a result of the meeting a trust was formed, and a suitable site for the proposed building was found, in Woking where a ten-acre site in Maybury Common was purchased from the London Necropolis Company for £750.〔〔(Page 42 ) ''Church and Stage in Victorian England'', by Richard Foulkes, accessed 15 Oct 2014.〕
This followed the inauguration, in June 1858, of a burial ground for actors, in an acre purchased from the London Necropolis Company in Woking. This site was selected by John W. Anson, Secretary of the Dramatic, Equestrian and Musical Sick Fund, which provided members with financial help when ill and a decent burial. Actors could not otherwise rely on such things: a report of the inauguration of the burial ground commented "Before this was obtained, a parish funeral, or cast among strangers, too frequently in from 6-16 inches of water, was the fate of many." Anson later became Secretary of the college.〔〔(''The Actors' Acre: A Theatrical Burial Ground'', by Jenni Bisset ) The Irving Society Newsletter No 36 - July 2006, accessed 20 Oct 2014.〕〔1871 Census shows Anson was Secretary of the college.〕
In the autumn of 1858, Prince Albert became patron. On 9 June 1860 he travelled to Woking on a special train and laid the foundation stone of the building.〔〔
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