The Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD, ) is a

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, Spain.

History

It traces its origins back to the foundation of the ''Escuela de Declamación Española'' () in May 1831. Proposed by , director of the '' Real Conservatorio de Música María Cristina'', the school was initially integrated within the Conservatory, founded a year earlier. The 1857 conferred the status of ''higher studies'' to the studies in the school. The RESAD opened its premises in the

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neighborhood in Madrid, next to El Retiro, in October 1996. The RESAD offers three specialisations: 'Stage Direction & Dramaturgy' (''dirección escénica y dramaturgia''), 'Scenography Design' (''escenografía''), and 'Acting' (''interpretación'').

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