The brief look at the stage history of our theatre company ESTC from the 1st performance 2002 to the 15th performance of King Henry VI, Part 3 2012 reveals our troupe's challenging spirit and consisting pursuit for new stage experiments. In this period our theatre company only performed 15 Korean premieres. First of all the four Shakespearean comedies but Nastasya ㅡ Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Love's Labour's Lost, and 7 history plays of "The Wars of the Roses" ㅡ King Richard II, King Henry IV, Part 1, King Henry IV, Part 2, King Henry V, King Henry VI, Part 1, King Henry VI, Part 2, King Henry VI, Part 3, and also two more histories King John, King Edward III, and one tragedy Timon of Athens.

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ESTC finished the performance of Richard III, the last play of the 8 histories of "The Wars of the Roses" at the 'Daloreum' (Moon-rising) Hall of the National Theatre in Seoul Korea in 2012. From 2013 the theatre group began to work with 4 great tragedies Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello, because there were no more Shakespeare premiere play left for it.

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The founder and director of the theatre troupe ESTC, Nam Yook Hyon, who has directed and performed all the plays of the company until then, translated himself for his new performances Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear into his mother tongue Korean. And he staged the great four plays one after another at the Theatre Elim Hall, Daehakro in Seoul from 2013 to 2017. Especially ESTC also performed 6-hour no-cut version Hamlet for the first time in Korean performing history in Seoul, 21 September - 2 October 2016, for the memorial service of the 400 anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The complete Hamlet performance without cutting a word began at four pm and finished at 10 pm including one hour intermission for dinner time from 6 to 7 pm.

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For about 3 years from 2018 ESTC is dealing with new Shakespearean major comedy series with new translations as well ㅡ A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night....and the popular tragedy Romeo & Juliet

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ESTC needs your friendly supporting hearts and creative sponsorship for more successful production activities. As you understand, some considerable financial support and sponsorship are very important to our challenging goals to perform all Shakespearean works. Especially they are crucial to our passionate efforts to create moving stage productions with new studies and interpretations, which would be remembered long to our audiences. For these purposes ESTC is come to run some appropriate financial supporting programmes. ESTC wishes to go together with your good supporting wills to promote culture and arts for better future. We hope you be more interested in participating in our supporting and sponsorship programmes which is very essential to our diverse creative theatrical activities.

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