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List of Shakespeare Productions

Montage of play programsI'm an opportunist. I don't care about the play's title or who is in it; if I have an affordable opportunity to see Shakespeare, I do so. If we're on vacation and discover some Shakespeare at the destination or en route, we order tickets.

With that in mind, this list is revealing in two ways. One, it represents through my experience what titles tend to be most often produced over the past 30 years.

Two, it proves to be a treasure of Hollywood who's who, most of whom were “who?” back when. Certainly, some actors were already headlining stars when I saw them in London (Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton) or in the United States (Lynn Redgrave, Al Pacino). Many more were my favorite stage actors in England but largely unrecognized outside the theaters. Long before they became internationally known as Lord Voldemort, Snape, Captain Picard, Ghandi, Dr. Octopus, Kenneth Branagh, and Judi Dench, they first impressed me as Romeo, Jaques, Enobarbus, Ford, Hastings, Petruchio, Navarre, and Judi Dench.

Keys to this list: Sarah and I have kept most of our tickets, so most productions going back to 1990 are listed with specific dates (some theaters don't date their tickets). The listed productions from the 1980s don't always have specific dates because I could rely only on playbills and programs (my parents kept some of the tickets of plays they attended with me). As for the 1970s, the only programs I have are those plays I attended with my parents in England; the rest are memories.

For the casts, I list only the principals, but include lesser roles when their portrayals were particularly memorable.

Eric Minton

Click on the play title to see the productions. Productions since 2009 are further described in the On Stage section of this website.

All's Well That End's Well

Antony and Cleopatra

Arden of Faversham

As You Like It

Cardenio (aka Double Falsehood)

The Comedy of Errors

Coriolanus

Cymbeline

Edward III

Hamlet

Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 2

[The Most Lamentable Comedy of Sir John Falstaff]

[The Mistorical Hystery of Henry (I)V]

Henry V

Henry VI, Part 1

Henry VI, Part 2

Henry VI, Part 3

Henry VI [conflation]

Henry VIII

Julius Caesar

King John

King Lear

Love's Labour's Lost

Macbeth

Measure for Measure

The Merchant of Venice

The Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado about Nothing

Othello

Pericles

Richard II

Richard III

Romeo and Juliet

The Spanish Tragedy

The Taming of the Shrew

The Tempest

Timon of Athens

Titus Andronicus

Troilus and Cressida

Twelfth Night

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  1. University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
    1979. [Musical version]
  2. New Shakespeare Company, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London, England
    1987. Directed by Ian Talbot: Peter Doran (Valentine), Tom Mannion (Proteus), Noreen Leighton (Julia), Juliette Grassby (Silvia), Christopher Ryan (Speed), Peter Bayliss (Launce), Diana Fairfax (Lucetta), Albie Woodington (Thurio).
  3. Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Tavern, Atlanta, Ga.
    October 2, 1998. Directed by Heidi Cline: Brik Berkes (Valentine), Jim Kieffer (Proteus), Susie Grimley (Julia), Tara Ochs (Silvia), Mark Douglas-Jones (Speed), Al Stilo (Launce), Rebekah Baty (Lucetta), David Crowe (Thurio).
  4. Folger Theatre, Washington, D.C.
    December 2004. Directed by Aaron Posner: Brian Hamman (Valentine), Ian Merrill Peakes (Proteus), Karen Peakes (Julia), Heidi Armbruster (Sylvia), Lucy Newman-Williams, Kate Eastwood Norris, Holly Twyford (rest of the cast masked).
  5. Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre, Washington, D.C.
    January 25, 2012. Directed by PJ Paparelli: Andrew Veenstra (Valentine), Nick Dillenburg (Proteus), Miriam Silverman (Julia), Natalie Mitchell (Sylvia), Euan Morton (Launce), Adam Green (Speed), Gene Gillette (Thurio), Oliver (Crab).
  6. Shakespeare Theatre Company, Sidney Harman Hall, Washington, D.C. [Concert performance of the musical]
    January 28, 2012. Directed by Amanda Dehner: Arielle Jacobs (Julia), Terence Archie (Valentine), Javier Munoz (Proteus), Tom Deckman (Thurio), Danny Rutigliano (Launce with Crab), Manu Narayan (Eglamour).
  7. American Shakespeare Center, Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton, Va.
    July 15, 2012. Directed by Ralph Alan Cohen: Gregory Jon Phelps (Proteus), Grant Davis (Valentine), Tracie Thomason (Julia), Abbi Hawk (Sylvia), Benjamin Curns (Launce), Allison Glenzer (Speed), Chris Johnston (Thurio), Tulip (Crab).
  8. Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Great Hall Theatre, St. Mary's Community Center, Baltimore, Md.
    November 11, 2012. The Ensemble Experiment: Chris Cotterman (Proteus), Joel Ottenheimer (Valentine), Jessica Behar (Julia), Kristina Szilagyi (Sylvia), Kelly Dowling (Lucetta, Launce, 1st Outlaw), Ian Blackwell Rogers (Panthino, Duke, Host).
  9. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, The Other Barn, Columbia, Md.
    March 2, 2013. Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick: Vince Eisenson (Proteus), James Jager (Valentine), Megan Dominy (Julia), Ty Hallmark (Sylvia), Jose Guzman (Launce), Jessica hearer Wilson (Speed), Jonas David Grey (Panthino, Thurio), Michael P. Sullivan (Duke).
  10. Fiasco Theater, The Folger, Washington, D.C.
    April 20, 2014. Directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld: Noah Brody (Proteus), Zachary Fine (Valentine, Crab), Jessie Austrian (Julia), Emily Young (Sylvia, Lucetta), Andy Grotelueschen (Launce, Duke), Paul L. Coffey (Speed, Thurio).
  11. Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon (RSC live cinema broadcast)
    September 22, 2014. Directed by Simon Godwin: Michael Marcus (Valentine), Mark Arends (Proteus), Pearl Chanda (Julia), Sarah Macrae (Silvia), Roger Morlidge (Launce), Martin Bassindale (Speed), Mossup (Crab), Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Turio).
  12. Taffety Punk Theatre Company "Bootleg Shakespeare," The Folger, Washington, D.C.
    August 3, 2015. Directed by Marcus Kyd: Shawn Fagan (Proteus), Dan Cran (Valentine), Esther Williamson (Speed), Kimberly Gilbert (Julia), Tonya Beckman (Sylvia), Daniel Flint (Launce), Paulina Guerrero (Ursula), Sheila Hennessey (Antonia).
  13. Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Central Park, Louisville, Ky.
    July 13, 2016. Directed by Matt Wallace: Jon Patrick O'Brien (Proteus), Zachary Burrell (Valentine), Maggie Lou Rader (Julia), Megan Massie (Lucetta), Arielle Leverett (Sylvia), Abigail Bailey Maupin (Speed), Gregory Maupin (Launce), Hope (Crab).
  14. American Shakespeare Center, Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton, Va.
    September 3, 2016. Directed by Jemma Alix Levy: Ross Neal (Valentine), Josh Clark (Proteus), Zoe Speas (Silvia), Sara J. Griffin (Julia), Andrew Goldwasser (Launce), Constance Swain (Lucetta), Aleca Piper (Speed), Cordell Cole (Thurio).
  15. Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Wiseactre Brewing Company, Memphis, Tenn.
    September 22, 2018. Directed by Stephanie Shine: Shaleen Cholera (Valentine), Nic Picou (Proteus), Carmen-maria Mandley (Speed, Lucetta), Marquis Archuleta (Thurio), Merit Koch (Silvia), Symone Williams (Julia), Zach Williams (Launce).

The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Winter's Tale

The Sonnets

The Rape of Lucrece

Venus and Adonis

Miscellaneous

Non-Shakespeare Productions