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The theatre has dropped the Royal from its name in the last couple of years; when Hytner took over from Nunn, IIRC. Thus the article needs moving (back?) to "National Theatre (UK)" and the links (100+) altered in accordance. Sorry!
Philip Cross 23:35, 5 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Untrue. The theatre's official title is still Royal National Theatre, but the 'house style' is for the 'Royal' to be omitted for the sake of informality. This has been done for years, well before Hytner was appointed artistic director. Do not move this page. --
Urbane legend 10:57, 12 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Hmm well, remember that Wikipedia generally doesn't try to give articles the most proper title, but rather the one that most people would try and use - largely to avoid the need for disambig links. In this case, that would seem to be just 'National Theatre'. However, as there are many National Theatres, the article
National Theatre needs to be a disambig page. As that makes the choice between
National Theatre (UK) and
Royal National Theatre the situation is rather moot - either way, few people are likely to guess the link first time.
It's the National Theatre of the UK. Since
National Theatre is a dismabig, it feels sensible to leave it as the way it is, since the RNT is, as you say, not the only National Theatre in the world. --
Urbane legend 15:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Those that work at the National Theatre prefer not to include the Royal. That is the title the public is asked to write out checks to, thus that is the title. Also, the NT only covers England, since Scotland, Wales an Ireland all have their own National Theatres.—Preceding
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