Arthur Ronald Dare Watkins was a teacher of drama and a director, noted for his work on Shakespeare and was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
12 Facts About Ronald Watkins
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Ronald Watkins was born in Kingston Hill, Surrey, the youngest of his parents' seven recorded children.
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Ronald Watkins was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he arrived as a scholar and gained a first-class degree in Classics.
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Ronald Watkins turned these problems to his advantage, realising that the minimalist conditions of his stage were similar to those of Shakespeare's own theatre.
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The Shakespeare productions became an annual tradition at Harrow, and between 1941 and 1964, Ronald Watkins staged 21 plays.
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The concert hall at Haddo House was converted into an Elizabethan stage, and Ronald Watkins put on a Shakespeare production there in alternate years from 1962 to 1970.
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Ronald Watkins donated his library and personal papers to Wake Forest University in 1999.
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Ronald Watkins's association with Wake Forest began in the 1960s when the university was a stop on his North American speaking tours.
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Ronald Watkins's publications include Moonlight at the Globe and On Producing Shakespeare.
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Ronald Watkins co-authored, with Jeremy Lemmon, the series in Shakespeare's Playhouse.
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Ronald Watkins was an ardent supporter of Sam Wanamaker's project of reconstructing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre near its original site in London.
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Ronald Watkins played the double bass and was a keen watercolourist.