Inscription:
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE & ALL THE MEN & WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS / ER VR / ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE / RDC / FOUNDED AD 1858
Design:
three Gothic arches; ¾ bust of Shakespeare, crowned, within a triptych with dramatic characters: woman carrying child; aged man; foliate scrolls in spandrels; legend below figures; shield with monogram in exergue; legend on scroll