New Year Honours 2024
Gregory Doran
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lately Artistic Director
“Lately Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to the Arts”
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Lately Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to the Arts
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Gregory DORAN
lately Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
For services to the Arts.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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