One source has identified the locally resident actor Laurence Olivier as the origin of the phrase.
Its resident actors sometimes perform as many as five different shows in a week.
British immigration laws state that nationals from outside the European Union should not replace resident actors capable of doing the same work.
Today, the TNP has a company of ten resident actors and the building is currently being completely renovated.
She met Peter Francis James, a classical actor and director, 10 years ago in Minneapolis, where he was a resident actor with the Guthrie Theater.
At the start of his career, he was a resident actor at Nina Vance's Alley Theater in Houston.
The town soon became one of the stock company centres with a group of resident actors who supported the travelling "stars".
For several seasons, he was a resident actor at the Williamstown Theater Festival.
After graduating in 1990, he became, and remains, a resident actor at the Oleg Tabakov Theater.
During the summer they would lead a company of resident actors around the region, performing different plays each night.