Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. The school has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2005. On 9 October 2008 the School announced that 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), who attended the School in 1950–1951, had agreed to become its president and to receive an honorary fellowship in the School's graduation cere... [ Read More at Wikipedia ]