A Chronology of Stagings

1601-1642   No stage productions are recorded before the closing of the London Theatres in 1642.

1660's       Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland,   Probable first production.

1679          Dorset Garden, London,   Dryden's revised version premieres.

1709          Drury Lane, London  (Dryden Version)

1720-23     Lincoln's Inn Fields, London  (Dryden Version)

1733-35     Covent Garden, London  (Dryden Version)

1736 - 1897       No Record of Any Performances

1898     Command performance for King Ludwig II of Bavaria

1898     Münchner Litterarische Gesellschaft, Theater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich,
                     Germany, Dir:  Ernst von Wolzogen.  First public staging in modern times.

1899     Theater des Sewtens, Berlin, Germany (single performance)

1900     National Theater, Budapest, Hungary

1902     Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria

1904     Deutsches Theater, Berlin, Germany, Dir: Paul Lindau.

1907     Great Queen Street Theatre (costume recital) Dir: Charles Fry

1910     Théâtre Fémina, Paris, France

1912     King's Hall, Covent Garden, London, Dir: William Poel
                        (First known London stage production, with severely abridged text)
            Odéon, Paris, France

1913     Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: William Poel  (revival of 1912 King's Hall production)

1916     Yale Dramatic Association, New Haven, Connecticut, Dir: Edgar M. Wooley
                        (1st  known US production)
            Pfauentheater, Zürich, Switzerland

1918     Stuttgart, Germany, Dir: Wilhelm von Scholz.

1920     Paris, France

1921     Städtisches Theater, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1922     Marlowe Society,  A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge University,  Dir: Frank Birch
            Marlowe Society, Everyman Theater, London,  Dir: Frank Birch

1923     Old Vic Theatre, London, Dir: Robert Atkins.
            Stadttheater, Essen, Germany

1925     Schausspielhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
            Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
            Stadttheater, Augsburg, Germany
            Stadttheater, Crefeld, Germany
            Schauspielhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

1927     Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois  (An all woman staging.)
            Deutsches Theater, Berlin, Germany
            Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria

1928     Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, England, Dir:  Nugent Monck
            Schauspielhaus, Dresden, Germany, Dir: Gielen
            Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany
            Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria

1929     Schauspielhaus, Dresden, Germany

1930     Deutsche Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany

1931     Schauspielhaus, Cologne, Germany

1932     Griedrich-Theater, Dessau, Germany
            Festival Theatre, Cambridge, England, Dir: Frank Birch
            Players Club Annual Revival, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre,
                    (First New York Production)

1933     Stadttheater, Aachen, Germany

1934     Little Theatre, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
                        Dir: B. Iden Payne
            Odéon, Paris, France

1936     Stratford Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: B. Iden Payne
            Pasadena Playhouse, California, Dir: Gilmor Brown
            Kammerspiele in Schauspielhaus, Munich, Germany

1938     Oxford University Dramatic Society, Fellows Garden of Exeter College
                Dir: Nevill Coghill
            Mask Theater Company, Westminster Theatre, London,
                Dir: Michael Macowan

1940     Marlowe Society, Cambridge University, Dir: George Rylands

1941     Theatre Intime, Princeton, New Jersey
            Civic Theatre, Washington, DC,  Dir: Leon Askin

1946     Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, Dir: Robert Atkins

1947     Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Dir: Eric Capon

1948     Marlowe Society and ADC, Cambridge University, Dir: George Rylands,
            Stratford Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Anthony Quayle
            Boston Tributary Theater, Boston, Massachusetts
            Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1949     Florence, Italy

1953     Oxford University Dramatic Society, St John's College Garden.
            Essen, Germany
            Antioch College, Ohio

1954     BBC Television, Dir: George Rylands
            Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon,
                      Dir: Glen Byam Shaw

1955     Bayerisches Staatschauspiel, Residenz Theater, Munich, West Germany
            Berlin, Germany

1956     The Old Vic, London, Dir: Tyrone Guthrie
            The Old Vic company, The Winter Garden, New York, Dir: Tyrone Guthrie
            Marlowe Society, Cambridge University, Dir: George Rylands
            Oxford University Dramatic Society, St. John's College

1958     Youth Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, London, Dir: Michael Croft

1960     Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dirs: Peter Hall and John Barton

1961     American Stratford Theatre, Stratford, Connecticutt, Dir: Jack Landau
            Caedmon audio recording,  Dir: Howard Sackler

1962     Royal Shakespeare Company, Edinburgh Festival and Aldwych Theatre,
                        London, Dirs: Peter Hall and John Barton

1963     Birmingham Festival, England, Dir: John Harrison

1964     Odéon, Paris, Dir: Roger Planchon

1965     New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Central Park,
                 New York, Dir: Joseph Papp

1966     BBC Television, Dirs: Michael Croft, Bernard Hepton, Paul Hill

1968     Royal Shakespeare Company, Dir: John Barton
            Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1969     Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, Dir: John Barton

1971     Trinity Square Repertory, Providence, Rhode Island, Dir: Adrian Hall.
            Galt McDermot completes musical adaptation, not produced

1972     Munich, West Germany, Dir: David Esrig
            Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dir: Jerry Turner

1972     Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Theater Royal, England
            New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Madison, New Jersey

1974     New York Shakespeare Festival, Mitzi Newhouse Theater,  New York,
                        Dir: David Schweizer

1976     Royal National Theatre, The Young Vic, London, Dir: Elijah Moshinsky,
            Yale Repertory, New Haven, Connecticutt, Dir: Alvin Epstein,
            San Diego National Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Theatre,
                        Dir: Edward Payson
             Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon,
                        Dirs: John Barton and Barry Kyle
             Off Center Theatre, New York City
              Worcester Foothills Theatre Company, Worcester, Massachussetts

1977     Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London,
                Dirs: John Barton and Barry Kyle
            Roundhouse Downstairs, London, Dir: Ronald Hayman
            Oxford University Dramatic Society, Dir: Keith Hack

1978     National Arts Theatre, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada, Dir: John Wood
            Warsaw, Poland, Dir: Marek Grezinski

1979     Bristol Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Assembly Hall, Dir: Richard Cottrell

1981     BBC Television, Dir: Jonathan Miller
            Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Terry Hands
            BBC/Audio Forum recording, starring Michael Pennington

1984     Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dir: Richard E. T. White

1984     Folger Theatre, Washington, DC, Dir: John Neville-Andrews

1985     Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Howard Davies

1986     Munich Kammerspeile, Munich, and Theatertreffen, Berlin, Germany
                        Dir: Dieter Dorn

1987     Berliner Ensemble, King's Theater, London, Dir: Manfred Wekwerth
            Chicago Shakespeare Repertory, Ruth Page Theatre, Dir: Barbara Gaines

1988     Berkeley Repertory, California, Dir: Michael Addison

1990     Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Sam Mendes
            Yale Repertory, New Haven, Connecticut, Dir: Andrei Belgrader

1992     Shakespeare Company, Washington, DC, Dir: Bill Alexander

1992     Shakespeare and Company, The Mount, Lenox, MA, Dir: Dennis Krausnick

1993     Contact Theater / Tara Arts, Manchester, Dir: Jatinder Verma
             Maatwerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Dir: Koert Dekker

1995     New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theater, Dir: Mark Wing-Davey

1996     Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Ian Judge
                    (additional Web Link)

1998     Open Air Theatre, London, Dir: Alan Strachen

1999     Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dir: Michael Boyd,
             Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, London, Dir: Trevor Nunn
            Oxford Stage Company, Dir: Dominic Dromgoole
             Washington Shakespeare Company, Dir: Joe Banno
             Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Octagon, Dir: Kent Gash

2001     Theatre for a New Audience, American Place Theatre, New York.
                        Dir: Sir Peter Hall

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