# US philanthropist to give $5 million to the Royal Shakespeare Company

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/09/24/us-philanthropist-give-5m-royal-shakespeare-company/
- Published: 2007-09-24T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele is to give $5 million to the Royal Shakespeare
Company, according to The Business Journal in Milwaukee. It will be the theatre 
company’s “largest single donation from an American in its history”.
Abele, who 
is president of the Royal Shakespeare Company America Inc, which raises funds in
the USA for the Stratford-upon-Avon-based theatre company.

The donation comes in response to the company’s £112.8 million capital appeal for
a redeveloped theatre. The international campaign has already secured £100 towards
the new 1000-seat thrust stage auditorium, which will make it “the largest thrust
stage with a tiered auditorium in the world”.

The RSC listed Chris Abele as one of the lead contributors to this initial phase
of the campaign in April 2007.

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