Editing Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (section)

==Leadership==
The Royal Patron of the Academy is King [[Charles III]], following the death of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 2022. The president is [[David Harewood]], who succeeded Sir [[Kenneth Branagh]] in February 2024, with [[Cynthia Erivo]] appointed vice president.<ref name="Harewood">{{cite news |last1=Gallagher |first1=Charlotte |title=David Harewood: Homeland star named new president of drama school Rada |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68295042 |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=BBC |date=15 February 2024}}</ref> The chairman is Marcus Ryder, who succeeded Sir [[Stephen Waley-Cohen]] in 2021. Its vice-chairman was [[Alan Rickman]] until his death in 2016. The current principal of the academy is Niamh Dowling, who succeeded [[Edward Kemp (playwright)|Edward Kemp]] in 2022.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=RADA staff |url=http://www.rada.ac.uk/about/rada-staff |access-date=9 November 2010 |publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |archive-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121221446/http://www.rada.ac.uk/about/rada-staff |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11907947/Sir-Kenneth-Branagh-made-president-of-RADA-to-upstage-the-posh-brigade.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11907947/Sir-Kenneth-Branagh-made-president-of-RADA-to-upstage-the-posh-brigade.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sir Kenneth Branagh made president of RADA to upstage the posh brigade |date=3 October 2015 |access-date=3 October 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/governance-and-advisors |title=Governance and advisers |publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |access-date=9 November 2010 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630015956/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/governance-and-advisors |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Principals===
*Sir [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] (founder)
*Sir [[Kenneth Barnes (director)|Kenneth Barnes]] (1909–1955)
*John Fernald (1955–1966)
*[[Hugh Cruttwell]] (1966–1985)
*Oliver Neville (1984–1993)
*Nicholas Barter (1993–2007)
*[[Edward Kemp (playwright)|Edward Kemp]] (2007–2021)
*Niamh Dowling (2022–present)

===Presidents===
[[File:David Harewood 2015.jpg|thumb|180px|RADA alumnus [[David Harewood]] was appointed president of the school in February 2024]]
*Sir Squire Bancroft (1906)
*Sir [[Johnston Forbes-Robertson]] (1927–1928)
*Sir [[Gerald du Maurier]] (1929–1930)
*[[Henry Ainley]] (1931–1933)
*[[Helen Maud Holt|Lady Tree]] (1934–1935)
*[[Cyril Maude]] (1945)
*Dame [[Irene Vanbrugh]] (1946–1947)
*Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]] (1948–1949)
*[[Athene Seyler]] (1950–1951)
*Sir [[Felix Aylmer]] (1954)
*Dame [[Flora Robson]] (1955–1963)
*Dame [[Edith Evans]] (1964–1976)
*Sir [[John Gielgud]] (1977–1989)
*[[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (1989–1997)
*[[Richard Attenborough|Richard, Lord Attenborough]] (2002–2014)
*Sir [[Kenneth Branagh]] (2014–2024)
*[[David Harewood]] (2024–present)

===Honorary fellows===
[[File:Sir John Gielgud 3 Allan Warren.tif|thumb|180px| Sir [[John Gielgud]], first honorary fellow of the school]] 
Listed alphabetically by date of appointment

*Sir [[John Gielgud]] (1989)
*[[Cicely Berry]] (2018)<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/rada-appoints-three-new-honorary-fellows/ |title=RADA appoints three new honorary fellows — RADA |website=www.rada.ac.uk |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423065504/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/rada-appoints-three-new-honorary-fellows/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Thelma Holt]] (2018)<ref name="auto3"/>
*[[Glenda Jackson]] (2018)<ref name="auto3"/>
*Francine Watson Coleman (2019)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/four-new-honorary-fellows-appointed-rada/ |title=Four new Honorary Fellows appointed at RADA — RADA |website=www.rada.ac.uk |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423065505/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/four-new-honorary-fellows-appointed-rada/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Mona Hammond]] (2019)<ref name="auto"/>
*Sir [[Anthony Hopkins]] (2019)<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Stephen Sondheim]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/stephen-sondheim-awarded-honorary-fellowship-new-york/ |title=Stephen Sondheim awarded Honorary Fellowship in New York — RADA |website=www.rada.ac.uk |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428180453/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-press/stephen-sondheim-awarded-honorary-fellowship-new-york/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Kathryn Hunter]] (2023)
*[[Winsome Pinnock]] (2023)