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Shakespeare Theatre Company production history

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The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, United States. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon, but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides, Henrik Ibsen and Oscar Wilde.

Contents

The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.

1986-1987

  • Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
  • La Mandragola - by Niccolò Machiavelli
  • The Winter's Tale - by William Shakespeare
  • Love's Labour's Lost - by William Shakespeare
  • 1987-1988

  • The Witch of Edmonton - by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford
  • All's Well That Ends Well - by William Shakespeare
  • Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
  • The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare
  • 1988-1989

  • Antony and Cleopatra - by William Shakespeare
  • Richard II - by William Shakespeare
  • The Beggar's Opera - by John Gay
  • As You Like It - by William Shakespeare
  • 1989-1990

  • Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
  • The Tempest - by William Shakespeare
  • Mary Stuart - by Friedrich von Schiller
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare
  • 1990-1991

  • Richard III - by William Shakespeare
  • Othello - by William Shakespeare
  • Fuente Ovejuna - by Lope de Vega
  • King Lear - by William Shakespeare
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare
  • 1991-1992

  • Coriolanus - by William Shakespeare
  • Saint Joan - by George Bernard Shaw
  • Much Ado About Nothing - by William Shakespeare
  • Measure for Measure - by William Shakespeare
  • As You Like It - by William Shakespeare
  • 1992-1993

  • Troilus and Cressida - by William Shakespeare
  • Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
  • The Comedy of Errors - by William Shakespeare
  • Mother Courage and Her Children - by Bertolt Brecht
  • Much Ado About Nothing - by William Shakespeare
  • 1993-1994

  • Richard II - by William Shakespeare
  • Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare
  • Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
  • The Doctor's Dilemma - by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Comedy of Errors - by William Shakespeare
  • 1994-1995

  • Henry IV, part 1 - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, part 2 - by William Shakespeare
  • The School for Scandal - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • Love's Labour's Lost - by William Shakespeare
  • The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare
  • Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
  • 1995-1996

  • Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry V - by William Shakespeare
  • All's Well That Ends Well - by William Shakespeare
  • Volpone - by Ben Jonson
  • Measure for Measure - by William Shakespeare
  • 1996-1997

  • Henry VI, part 1 - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry VI, part 2 - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry VI, part 3 - by William Shakespeare
  • Antony and Cleopatra - by William Shakespeare
  • As You Like It - by William Shakespeare
  • Mourning Becomes Electra - by Eugene O'Neill
  • Henry V - by William Shakespeare
  • 1997-1998

  • The Tempest - by William Shakespeare
  • Othello - by William Shakespeare
  • Peer Gynt - by Henrik Ibsen
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare
  • Sweet Bird of Youth - by Tennessee Williams
  • All's Well That Ends Well - by William Shakespeare
  • 1998-1999

  • A Woman of No Importance - by Oscar Wilde
  • Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
  • King John - by William Shakespeare
  • The Trojan Women - by Euripides
  • The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare
  • 1999-2000

  • King Lear - by William Shakespeare
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare
  • Coriolanus - by William Shakespeare
  • The Country Wife - by William Wycherley
  • Camino Real - by Tennessee Williams
  • The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare
  • 2000-2001

  • Timon of Athens - by William Shakespeare
  • Richard II - by William Shakespeare
  • Don Carlos - by Friedrich Schiller
  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona - by William Shakespeare
  • Hedda Gabler - by Henrik Ibsen
  • King Lear - by William Shakespeare
  • 2001-2002

  • Oedipus the King - by Sophocles
  • Oedipus at Colonus - by Sophocles
  • Antigone - by Sophocles
  • Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
  • The Duchess of Malfi - by John Webster
  • Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
  • The Little Foxes - by Lillian Hellman
  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona - by William Shakespeare
  • 2002-2003

  • The Winter's Tale - by William Shakespeare
  • Much Ado about Nothing - by William Shakespeare
  • The Silent Woman - by Ben Jonson
  • Richard III - by William Shakespeare
  • Ghosts - by Henrik Ibsen
  • Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
  • 2003-2004

  • The Rivals - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, part 1 - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, part 2 - by William Shakespeare
  • Five by Tenn - by Tennessee Williams
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - by Edmond Rostand
  • Much Ado about Nothing - by William Shakespeare
  • 2004-2005

  • Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
  • Pericles - by William Shakespeare
  • Lorenzaccio - by Alfred de Musset
  • The Tempest - by William Shakespeare
  • Lady Windermere's Fan - by Oscar Wilde
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare
  • 2005-2006

  • Othello - by William Shakespeare
  • The Comedy of Errors - by William Shakespeare
  • Don Juan - by Molière
  • The Persians - by Aeschylus
  • Love's Labour's Lost - by William Shakespeare
  • Pericles - by William Shakespeare
  • 2006-2007

  • An Enemy of the People - by Henrik Ibsen
  • The Beaux' Stratagem - by George Farquhar
  • Richard III - by William Shakespeare
  • Titus Andronicus - by William Shakespeare
  • Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
  • Love's Labour's Lost - by William Shakespeare
  • 2007-2008

  • The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare
  • Edward II - by Christopher Marlowe
  • Tamburlaine - by Christopher Marlowe
  • On the Eve of Friday Morning - by Norman Allen
  • Argonautika - by Mary Zimmerman
  • Major Barbara - by George Bernard Shaw
  • Antony and Cleopatra - by William Shakespeare
  • Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare
  • The Imaginary Invalid - by Molière
  • 2008-2009

  • Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
  • The Way of the World - by William Congreve
  • Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
  • The Dog in the Manger - by Lope de Vega
  • Ion - by Euripides
  • Design for Living - by Noël Coward
  • King Lear - by William Shakespeare
  • 2009-2010

    Fully staged productions

  • The Alchemist - by Ben Jonson
  • As You Like It - by William Shakespeare
  • Richard II - by William Shakespeare
  • Henry V - by William Shakespeare
  • The Liar - by Pierre Corneille
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession - by George Bernard Shaw
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • Phèdre by Jean Racine featuring Helen Mirren produced by The Royal National Theatre (Great Britain)
  • 2010-2011

    Fully stagee productions

  • All's Well That Ends Well - by William Shakespeare
  • Candide - by Leonard Bernstein based on the novella by Voltaire
  • Cymbeline - by William Shakespeare
  • An Ideal Husband - by Oscar Wilde
  • Old Times - by Harold Pinter
  • The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • The Great Game: Afghanistan' short plays by many authors - produced by the Tricycle Theatre in London
  • Black Watch, by Gregory Burke - produced by National Theatre of Scotland
  • 2011-2012

    Fully staged productions

  • The Heir Apparent by Jean-François Regnard translated by David Ives
  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
  • Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill
  • The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
  • Musical in Concert series

  • The Boys from Syracuse by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Rock Opera, by John Guare, Mel Shapiro and Galt MacDermot
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • Fela! Directed & Choreographed by Bill T. Jones, Produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett featuring John Hurt from Ireland's Gate Theatre
  • 2012-2013

    Fully staged productions

  • The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Hughie by Eugene O'Neill
  • Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
  • Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller adapted by Robert Pinsky
  • The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • Black Watch, by Gregory Burke - produced by National Theatre of Scotland
  • The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, created by David Greig and Wils Wilson - produced by National Theatre of Scotland
  • Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, directed by John Malkovich
  • Fela! Directed & Choreographed by Bill T. Jones, Produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith
  • 2013-2014

    Fully staged productions

  • Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 by William Shakespeare staged in revolving repertory
  • Private Lives by Noël Coward
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • Potted Potter – The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner
  • Mies Julie by Yael Farber based on Miss Julie by August Strindberg produced by the Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town in association with South African Theatre Association.
  • Man in a Case Adapted from The Man in a Case & About Love by Anton Chekhov Featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov Produced by Baryshnikov Productions in association with ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann
  • Brief Encounter, by Emma Rice, based on the 1945 movie Brief Encounter and Still Life by Noël Coward produced by the Kneehigh Theatre
  • 2014-2015

    Fully staged productions

  • As You Like It, by William Shakespeare
  • The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
  • The Metromaniacs by Alexis Piron, translated by David Ives
  • Man of La Mancha book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh
  • Tartuffe by Molière
  • Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentations

  • The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo - adapted from Mozart's The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble Repertory
  • Venus and Adonis - adapted from the Shakespeare poem by the Isango Ensemble Repertory
  • *Dunsinane by David Greig by the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company
  • * Part of the 2014-15 subscription series

    References

    Shakespeare Theatre Company production history Wikipedia