Shakespeare Theatre Company production history

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.

The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.^[1]

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^[2][3]

• 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^[3]

• Potted Potter – The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner^[4]
• 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^[5]

2014-2015

Fully staged productions^[6]

• 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^[7]

• 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

1. http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/history/index.aspx Shakespeare Theatre Company production history
2. "Announcing the 2013/2014 Season". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
3. Kahn, Michael. "We Have A Funny Thing To Announce". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
4. "Potted Potter". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
5. Marks, Peter (18 October 2013). "A 'Brief Encounter' for Shakespeare Theatre: Company to import Kneehigh Theatre show". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
6. "Anouncing the 2014/2015 season". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
7. "STC Presentation Series (2014-15)". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links

• The Shakespeare Theatre website