Shakespeare Theatre Company production history
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company in Washington, D.C., 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 staged 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 and 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
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
2015-2016
Fully staged productions[8]
- Salomé - adapted by Yaël Farber
- Kiss Me, Kate - music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Samuel and Bella Spewack
- The Critic - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard
- Othello - by William Shakespeare
- 1984 - by George Orwell and adapted by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
- The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare
2016-2017
Fully staged productions[9]
- Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
- The Secret Garden - by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon and based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- King Charles III - by Mike Bartlett
- The Select (The Sun Also Rises) - adapted by Elevator Repair Service, based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway
- Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
- The School for Lies - adapted by David Ives and based on a play by Molière
2017-2018
Fully staged productions[10]
- The Lover and The Collection - by Harold Pinter
- Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
- Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
- Noura - by Heather Raffo
- Waiting for Godot - by Samuel Beckett and created by Druid
- Camelot - book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe
References
- http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/history/index.aspx Shakespeare Theatre Company production history
- "Announcing the 2013/2014 Season". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- Kahn, Michael. "We Have A Funny Thing To Announce". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- "Potted Potter". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- Marks, Peter (18 October 2013). "A 'Brief Encounter' for Shakespeare Theatre: Company to import Kneehigh Theatre show". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- "Announcing the 2014/2015 season". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "STC Presentation Series (2014-15)". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- "Announcing the 2015/2016 season".
- "Announcing the 2016/2017 season".
- "Announcing the 2017/2018 season".