RSC Productions 1960-2007

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Abbreviations/Acronyms: R (Revival), T (Transfer), RST (Royal Shakespeare Theatre), SST (Small-scale Tour), TOP (The Other Place), TGR (Theatregoround), u/k (Unknown)

Stratford London and Elsewhere
THEATRE AND PLAY DIRECTOR THEATRE AND PLAY DIRECTOR
1960 1960
RST: ALDWYCH:
Two Gentlemen
Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
Taming of the Shrew
Troilus & Cressida
Winter's Tale
Duchess of Malfi
Hall
Langham
Hall
Barton
Hall/Barton
Wood
McWhinnie
Duchess of Malfi (T of 60)
Twelfth Night (T of 60)
McWhinnie
Hall
1961 1961
RST: ALDWYCH:
Much Ado
Hamlet
Richard III
As You Like It
Romeo & Juliet
Othello
Cherry Orchard
Langham
Wood
Gaskill
Elliott
Hall
Zeffirelli
Saint-Denis
  Ondine, Giraudoux
Devils, Whiting
Hollow Crown
Becket, Anouilh
Taming of the Shrew (T of 60)
Cherry Orchard (T of 61)
Hall
Wood
Barton
Hall
Daniels
Saint-Denis
      PARIS:
      Hollow Crown Barton
1962   1962
RST:   ALDWYCH:
Measure for Measure
Dream (R of 59)
Taming of the Shrew (R of 60)
Macbeth
Cymbeline
Comedy of Errors
King Lear
Curtmantle (T of 62)
Blatchley
Hall
Barton
McWhinnie
Gaskill
Williams
Brook
Burge
  As You Like It (T of 61)
Art of Seduction
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Collection, Pinter
Playing With Fire, Strindberg
Penny for a Song, Whiting
Curtmantle, Fry (after Tour)
Troilus & Cressida (R of 60)
Devils (R of 61)
King Lear (T of 62)
Comedy of Errors (T of 62)
Elliott
Barton
Gaskill
Hall
Blatchley
Graham
Burge
Hall
Wood
Brook
Williams
      ARTS THEATRE:  
      Everything in the Garden, Cooper
Nil Carborundum, Livings
Lower Depths, Gorky
Afore Night Come, Rudkin
Women Beware Women
Empire Builders, Vian
Infanticide... Fred Ginger, Watson
McWhinnie
Page
Robertson
Williams
Page
Jones
Gaskill
1963     1963  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Tempest
Julius Caesar
Comedy of Errors (R of 62)
Wars of the Roses
Williams
Blatchley
Williams
Hall
  Physicists, Durrenmatt
Dream (R of 59)
Beggar's Opera
Representative, Hochhuth
Brook
Hall
Wood
Williams
      LAMDA STUDIO THEATRE:
      Theatre of Cruelty season Brook/Marowitz
      PARIS:
      King Lear Brook
      US TOUR (NEW YORK etc.):
      Hollow Crown Barton
1964     1964  
RST:   ALDWYCH:
Richard II
Henry IV 1 & 2
Henry V
Wars of the Roses (R of 63)
Merry Wives
Hall et al
Hall et al
Hall/Barton
Hall/Barton
Blatchley
  King Lear (R of 62)
Birthday Party, Pinter
Afore Night Come, Rudkin
Expeditions One
Endgame, Beckett
Victor, Vitrac
Marat/Sade, Weiss
Jew of Malta
Eh?, Livings
Merry Wives (T of 64)
Brook
Pinter
Williams
Jones et al
McWhinnie
Midgley
Brook
Williams
Hall
Blatchley
      LAMDA/DONMAR:  
      Theatre of Cruelty season
(Screens, Genet, etc.)
Brook/Marowitz
      WASHINGTON/BOSTON/
PHILADELPHIA/NY:
 
      King Lear
Comedy of Errors
Brook
Williams
      BERLIN/PRAGUE/
BUDAPEST/BELGRADE/
BUCHAREST/WARSAW/
HELSINKI/LENINGRAD/
MOSCOW:
      King Lear
Comedy of Errors
Brook
Williams
1965     1965  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Love's Labour's
Merchant of Venice
Jew of Malta (R of 64)
Comedy of Errors (R of 62)
Timon of Athens
Hamlet
Barton
Williams
Williams
Williams
Schlesinger
Hall
  Expeditions Two
Henry V (T of 64)
Homecoming, Pinter
Squire Puntila, Brecht
Investigation, Weiss
Hamlet (T of 65)
Baron Bolligrew, Bolt
Jones/Nunn
Barton/Nunn
Hall
Saint-Denis
Brook/Jones
Hall
Nunn
      NEW YORK:  
      Marat/Sade Brook
1966     1966  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Henry IV 1 & 2
Hamlet (R of 65)
Twelfth Night
Henry V
Revenger's Tragedy
Barton/Nunn
Hall
Williams
Barton/Nunn
Nunn
  Government Inspector
Tango, Mrozek
Days in the Trees, Duras
Meteor, Dürrenmatt
US
Staircase, Dyer
Belcher's Luck, Mercer
Homecoming (R of 65)
Baron Bolligrew (R of 65)
Hall
Nunn
Schlesinger
Williams
Brook
Hall
Jones
Hall
Nunn
      BOSTON/NEW YORK:  
      Homecoming Hall
1967     1967  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Taming of the Shrew
Coriolanus
Revenger's Tragedy (R of 66)
All's Well
As You Like It
Macbeth
Romeo & Juliet
Nunn
Barton
Nunn
Barton
Jones
Hall
Koun
  Ghosts (after UK Tour)
Relapse
Criminals, Triana
Hollow Crown
Bridges
Nunn
Hands
Barton
      HELSINKI/LENINGRAD/
MOSCOW:
 
      Macbeth
All's Well
Hall
Barton
1968     1968  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Merry Wives
As You Like It (R of 67)
Doctor Faustus
Troilus & Cressida
Much Ado
Barton
Nunn
Hands
Jones
Williams
Barton
Nunn
  Macbeth (T of 67)
All's Well (T of 67)
Under Milk Wood (TGR)
Indians, Kopit
Room for Company (TGR)
Merry Wives (T of 68)
Relapse (R of 67)
Latent Heterosexual, Chayefsky
God Bless, Feiffer
Julius Caesar (T of 68)
Hall
Barton
Hands
Gelber
Morgan
Hands
Nunn
Hands
Reeves
Barton
      LOS ANGELES:  
      Taming of the Shrew
As You Like It
Nunn
Jones
      PARIS:  
      All's Well Barton
1969     1969  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Pericles
Merry Wives (R of 68)
Winter's Tale
Women Beware Women
Twelfth Night
Henry VIII
Hands
Hands
Nunn
Hands
Barton
Nunn
  A Delicate Balance, Albee
Dutch Uncle, Gray
Troilus & Cressida (T of 68)
Landscape and Silence, Pinter
Much Ado (T of 68)
Silver Tassie, O'Casey
Bartholomew Fair
Revenger's Tragedy (R of 66/67)
Hall
Hall
Barton
Hall
Nunn
Jones
Hands
Nunn
      TGR:  
      When Thou Art King
Two Gentlemen
Barton
Morgan
      LOS ANGELES/
SAN FRANCISCO/
DETROIT/BALTIMORE/
NEW HAVEN:
 
      Much Ado
Doctor Faustus
Nunn
Williams
      SWITZERLAND/
GERMANY/HOLLAND:
 
      Troilus & Cressida Barton
1970     1970  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Measure for Measure
Richard III
Doctor Faustus (TGR)
Hamlet
King John (TGR)
Two Gentlemen
Dream
Tempest
Barton
Hands
Morgan
Nunn
Goodbody
Phillips
Brook
Barton
  Tiny Alice, Albee
After Easter, Mercer
London Assurance, Boucicault
Winter's Tale (T of 69)
Plebeians Rehearse..., Grass
Twelfth Night (T of 69)
Major Barbara
Henry VIII (T of 69)
Two Gentlemen (T of 70)
Phillips
Jones
Eyre, Ronald
Nunn
Jones
Barton
Williams
Nunn
Phillips
      ROUNDHOUSE (TGR Festival):  
      When Thou Art King
Arden of Faversham
King John (T of 70)
Doctor Faustus (T of 70)
Dream (T of 70)
Richard III (T of 70)
Hamlet (T of 70)
Barton
Goodbody
Goodbody
Morgan
Brook
Hands
Nunn
      JAPAN:  
      Winter's Tale
Merry Wives
Nunn
Hands
      AUSTRALIA:  
      Winter's Tale
Twelfth Night
Nunn
Barton
1971     1971  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night (R of 69/70)
Richard II (TGR)
Henry V (TGR)
Much Ado
Duchess of Malfi
Othello
Hands
Barton
Barton
Barton
Eyre, Ronald
Williams
Barton
  Old Times, Pinter
Dream (T of 70)
Enemies, Gorky
Man of Mode
Exiles, Joyce
Balcony, Genet
Much Ado (T of 71)
Hall
Brook
Jones
Hands
Pinter
Hands
Eyre, Ronald
      THE PLACE:
      Occupations, Griffiths
Subject to Fits, Montgomery
Miss Julie
Oz Trial, Illingworth
Goodbody
Atoon
Phillips
Goodbody
      NEW YORK/CHICAGO/
BOSTON/TORONTO/
PHILADELPHIA:
 
      Dream Brook
1972     1972  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Toad of Toad Hall

Old Times (T of 71)

Coriolanus
Julius Caesar
Comedy of Errors (R of 62)
Antony & Cleopatra
Titus Andronicus
Smith

Hall

Nunn et al
Nunn et al
Williams
Nunn et al
Nunn et al
  All Over, Albee
Merchant of Venice (T of 71)
Lower Depths, Gorky
Othello (T of 71)
Murder... Cathedral, Eliot
Island of... Mighty, Arden
Hall
Hands
Jones
Barton
Hands
Jones
      NEW THEATRE:  
      London Assurance (T of 70) Eyre, Ronald
1973     1973  
RST:     ALDWYCH:
Romeo & Juliet
Richard II
As You Like It
Love's Labour's
Taming of the Shrew
Toad of Toad Hall
Hands
Barton
Goodbody
Jones
Williams
Smith
  Suzanna Andler, Duras
Antony & Cleopatra (T of 72)
Julius Caesar (T of 72)
Titus Andronicus (T of 72)
Coriolanus (T of 72)
Landscape (R of 69) and A Slight Ache, Pinter
Sackler
Nunn et al
Nunn et al
Nunn et al
Nunn et al
Hall/James
TOP ('THE STUDIO'):     THE PLACE:  
Sylvia Plath (then US Tour)
Three Women, Plath
Columbus, Ghelderode
Escurial, Ghelderode
Kyle
Kyle
Tucker
Tucker
  Cries from Casement, Rudkin
Hello & Goodbye, Fugard
Section Nine, Magdalany
Lesson in Blood, Wiles
Hands
Stevenson
Marowitz
Williams
1974     1974  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Richard II (R of 73)
King John
Cymbeline
Twelfth Night
Measure for Measure
Macbeth
Barton
Kyle/Barton
Barton et al
Gill
Hack
Nunn
  Section Nine T of 73), Magdalany
Sherlock Holmes
Duck Song, Mercer
Bewitched, Barnes
Travesties, Stoppard
Summerfolk, Gorky
Doctor Faustus (after Tour)
Richard II (T of 74)
Marquis of Keith, Wedekind
Cymbeline (T of 74)
Marowitz
Dunlop
Jones
Hands
Wood
Jones
Barton
Barton
Eyre, Ronald
Barton et al
TOP:     THE PLACE:  
King Lear
Shakespeare's Double, Downie
Babies Grow Old, Leigh
Tempest
Afore Night Come, Rudkin
Uncle Vanya
Goodbody
Davies
Leigh
Hack
Daniels
Williamson
  Can Opener, Lanoux
Comrades, Strindberg
King Lear (T of 74)
Beast, Wilson
?
Kyle
Goodbody
Davies
      NEW YORK:  
      Sherlock Holmes Dunlop
1975     1975  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Doctor Faustus (R of 74)

Henry IV 1 & 2
Henry V
Merry Wives
Barton

Hands
Hands
Hands
  King John (T of 74)
Twelfth Night (T of 74)
Macbeth (T of 74)
Love's Labour's (R of 73)
Travesties (R of 74)
Hedda Gabler (after Tour)
Jingo, Wood
Ann Leete, Granville Barker
Too True to Be Good, Shaw
A.J. Raffles, Greene
Kyle/Barton
Gill
Nunn
Jones
Wood
Nunn
Eyre, Richard
Jones
Williams
Jones
TOP:     ALBERY:  
Hamlet
Mouth Organ
Perkin Warbeck, Ford
Man is Man, Brecht
Richard III
Goodbody
Berry
Kyle/Barton
Davies
Kyle
  Travesties (T of 75)

London Assurance
Wood

Eyre, Ronald
      US TOUR:  
      Travesties Wood
      US TOUR:  
      Summerfolk Jones
1976     1976  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
A.J. Raffles (T of 75)

Romeo & Juliet
Much Ado
Winter's Tale
Troilus & Cressida
Comedy of Errors
King Lear
Jones

Nunn
Barton
Barton/Nunn
Barton/Kyle
Nunn
Nunn et al
  Henry V (T of 75)
Henry IV 1 & 2 (T of 75)
Merry Wives (T of 75)
Zykovs, Gorky
Iceman Cometh, O'Neill
Devil's Disciple, Shaw
Ivanov, Chekhov
Old World, Arbuzov
Wild Oats, O'Keeffe
Hands
Hands
Hands
Jones
Davies
Gold
Jones
Hands
Williams
TOP:     ROUNDHOUSE:  
Schweyk in the 2nd World War
Dingo, Wood
Macbeth
Destiny, Edgar
Bingo, Bond
Davies
Kyle
Nunn
Daniels
Davies
  Hamlet (T of 75)
Man is Man (T of 75)
Goodbody
Davies
1977     1977  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Wild Oats (T of 76)
Old World (T of 76)

Macbeth (T of 76)
Dream


Henry VI 1-3
Henry V (R of 75)
As You Like It
Coriolanus
Williams
Hands

Nunn
Barton


Hands
Hands
Nunn
Hands
  Privates on Parade, Nichols
King Lear (T of 76)
Destiny (T of 76)
Comedy of Errors (T of 76)
Dream (T of 77)
Much Ado (T of 76)
Romeo & Juliet (T of 76)
Pillars of the Community
Troilus & Cressida (T of 76)
Days of the Commune
Alchemist (T of 77)
Blakemore
Nunn
Daniels
Nunn
Barton
Barton
Nunn
Barton
Barton
Davies
Nunn/Barnes
TOP:     WAREHOUSE:  
Alchemist

Tis Pity She's a Whore
Lorenzaccio Story, Thompson
Queen Christina, Gems
Sons of Light, Rudkin
Nunn/Barnes

Daniels
Daniels
Cherns
Daniels
  Factory Birds, Robson
Bandits, Taylor
That Good Between Us, Barker
Schweyk (T of 76)
Macbeth (T of 76)
Bingo (T of 76)
Bundle, Bond
Frozen Assets, Keeffe
Alexander
Davies
Kyle
Davies
Nunn
Davies
Davies
Kyle
      PICCADILLY:  
      Wild Oats (T of 76) Williams
      MALVERN FESTIVAL:  
      Man and Superman Williams
      SAVOY:  
      Man and Superman Williams
1978     1978  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Dream (R of 77)
Tempest
Taming of the Shrew
Measure for Measure
Love's Labour's
Antony & Cleopatra
Barton
Williams
Bogdanov
Kyle
Barton
Brook
  Way of the World, Congreve

Henry V (T of 77)
Henry VI 1-3 (T of 77)
Coriolanus (Hands, T of 77)
Women-Pirates, Gooch
Dance of Death (T of 78)
As You Like It (T of 77)
Cousin Vladimir, Mercer
Changeling
Saratoga, Howard
Barton

Hands
Hands
Hands
Daniels
Caird
Nunn
Howell
Hands
Eyre, Ronald
TOP:     WAREHOUSE:  
Merchant of Venice
Captain Swing, Whelan
Churchill Play, Brenton
Piaf, Gems
Hippolytus, Rudkin
Shepherd's Play
Barton
Alexander
Kyle
Davies
Daniels
Barton
  Dingo, Wood

Lorenzaccio Story (T of 77)
Dance of Death
Tis Pity (T of 77)
Sons of Light (T of 77)
Jail Diary of... Sachs, Edgar
Savage Amusement, Flannery
A & R, Atkin
Shout Across River, Poliakoff
Look Out…, O'Malley
Hang of the Gaol, Barker
Adventures of Awful, Flannery
Kyle

Daniels
Caird
Daniels
Daniels
Davies
Caird
Donohue
Alexander
Caird
Alexander
Caird
      PICCADILLY:  
      Privates on Parade (T of 77) Blakemore
      YOUNG VIC:  
      Macbeth (T of 76) Nunn
      SMALL-SCALE TOUR  
      Twelfth Night
Three Sisters
Amiel
Nunn
1979     1979  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Merry Wives
Cymbeline
Twelfth Night
Othello
Julius Caesar
Nunn/Caird
Jones
Hands
Eyre, Ronald
Kyle
  Love's Labour's (T of 78)
Taming of the Shrew (T of 78)
White Guard, Bulgakov
Antony & Cleopatra (T of 78)
Wild Oats (R of 76)
Once in a Lifetime
Children of the Sun, Gorky
Measure for Measure (T of 78)
Barton
Bogdanov
Kyle
Brook
Williams
Nunn
Hands
Kyle
TOP:     WAREHOUSE:  
Pericles
Jail Diary... (T of 78/79)
Suicide, Erdman
Baal, Brecht
Anna Christie, O'Neill
Three Sisters
Daniels
Davies
Daniels
Jones
Lynn
Nunn
  Churchill Play (T of 78)
Merchant of Venice (T of 78)
Innocent, McGrath
Piaf, Gems (T of 78)
Hippolytus (T of 78)
Sore Throats, Brenton
Men's Beano, Baldwin
Captain Swing (T of 78)
Kyle
Barton
Davies
Davies
Daniels
Kyle
Alexander
Alexander
      EUROPEAN TOUR:  
      Coriolanus Hands
      SMALL-SCALE TOUR:  
      Much Ado
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Davies
Caird
1980     1980  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
As You Like It
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet
Richard II
Richard III
Hands
Daniels
Barton
Hands
Hands
  Greeks

Twelfth Night (T of 79)
Merry Wives (T of 79)
Nicholas Nickleby
Othello (T of 79)
Juno & the Paycock
Barton

Hands
Nunn/Caird
Nunn/Caird
Eyre, Ronald
Nunn
TOP:     WAREHOUSE:  
Shadow of a Gunman
Maid's Tragedy
Fool, Bond
Timon of Athens
Hansel & Gretal, Rudkin
Bogdanov
Kyle
Davies
Daniels
Daniels
  Much Ado (after SST)
Juno & the Paycock, Keeffe
Caucasian Chalk Circle (after SST)
Loud Boy's Life, Barker

Three Sisters (T of 79)
Pericles (T of 79)
Anna Christie (T of 79)
Educating Rita
Suicide (T of 79)
Baal (T of 79)
Irish Play
Television Times, Peter Prince
Davies
Alexander
Caird
Davies

Nunn
Daniels
Lynn
Ockrent
Daniels
Jones
Kyle
Frears
      WYNDHAM'S:
      Piaf (T of 78/79) Davies
      PICCADILLY:
      Once in a Lifetime (T of 79)
Piaf
Nunn
Davies
      SMALL-SCALE TOUR  
      Henry IV 1 & 2 Alexander
1981     1981  
RST:     ALDWYCH:  
Swan Down Gloves
Merchant of Venice

Winter's Tale
Dream
Two Gentlemen/Titus Andronicus
All's Well
Henry IV Part 1
Hands
Barton

Eyre, Ronald
Daniels
Barton
Nunn
Nunn
  Passion Play, Nichols

Knight... Burning Pestle
Nicholas Nickleby (R of 80)

Troilus & Cressida
Merchant of Venice (T of 81)
As You Like It (T of 80)
Love-Girl, Solzhenitsyn
Hamlet (T of 80)
Romeo & Juliet (T of 80)
Richard II (T of 80)
Richard III (T of 80)
Swan Down Gloves (T of 81)
Ockrent

Bogdanov
Nunn/Caird

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