Education
Christ Church; Westminster School.
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Kenneth Barnes
Edit Profiledirector of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Career
He was born in Heavitree, near Exeter, one of six siblings. In 1921 he instigated the building of a new theatre for RADA which was totally demolished by bombing in 1941. A new Vanbrugh Theatre was opened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1954 shortly before Sir Kenneth"s retirement.
He was knighted in 1938.
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Died
October 16, 1957 (aged 79)