The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat,
not-for-profit
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theatre
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in
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...
,
London
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, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977.
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...
,
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage CBE (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer. He is currently Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company. From 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London and from 2000 ...
and
Josie Rourke
Josie Rourke (born 3 September 1976) is an English theatre and film director. She is a Vice-President of the London Library and was the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre from 2012 to 2019. In 2018, she made her feature film debut ...
have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by
Michael Longhurst
Michael Longhurst (born 1981) is artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre in Covent Garden, London. He was appointed as its fourth artistic director, succeeding Josie Rourke in the role.
Longfield grew up in Bromley, London. After studyi ...
. The theatre has a diverse artistic policy that includes new writing, contemporary reappraisals of European classics, British and American drama and small-scale musical theatre.
As well as presenting at least six productions a year at its home in
Covent Garden
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, every year the Donmar tours one in-house production in the UK.
History
Theatrical producer
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Donald Albery
Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (19 June 1914 – 14 September 1988) was an English theatre impresario who did much to translate the adventurous spirit of London in the 1960s onto the stage.
Biography
He was born into a theatrical family ...
formed Donmar Productions around 1953, with the name derived from the first three letters of his name and the first three letters of his wife's middle name, Margaret.
In 1961, he bought the warehouse, a building that in the 1870s had been a vat room and
hops
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warehouse for the local brewery in Covent Garden, and in the 1920s had been used as a film studio and then the Covent Garden Market banana-ripening depot.
["Donmar Warehouse"]
''The Theatres Trust''. Retrieved 2012-10-13. His son
Ian Albery, a producer and theatre design consultant, converted the warehouse into a private rehearsal studio.
In 1977, the
Royal Shakespeare Company
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acquired it as a theatre and renamed it the Warehouse, converting and equipping at "immense speed".
[Beauman, Sally, ''The Royal Shakespeare Company'', OUP (1982)] The first show, which opened on 18 July 1977, was ''
Schweik in the Second World War
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'', directed by
Howard Davies, which transferred from the
Other Place in Stratford. The electricity for the theatre was turned on just 30 minutes before curtain up, and the concrete steps up to the theatre were still wet.
The Warehouse was an RSC workshop as much as a showcase and the seasons were remarkably innovative, including
Trevor Nunn
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is a British theatre director. He has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed dramas f ...
's acclaimed Stratford 1976 ''
Macbeth
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'', starring
Judi Dench
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and
Ian McKellen
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, which opened at the Covent Garden venue in September 1977 before transferring to the
Young Vic. The RSC went on to stage numerous acclaimed productions, both original and transfers from
The Other Place, Stratford. In 1980 nearly all the RSC company were involved in ''
Nicholas Nickleby
''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...
'' so a new two hander was found from the pile of submitted scripts. ''
Educating Rita
''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor.
Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The Wa ...
'', with
Julie Walters
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and Mark Kingston directed by
Mike Ockrent
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, went on to be one of the RSC's biggest successes.
From 1983 to 1989 it came under the artistic directorship of
Nica Burns
Lounica Maureen Patricia "Nica" Burns OBE (born August 1954) is a London theatre producer and co-owner with her business partner Max Weitzenhoffer of the Nimax Theatres group, comprising six West End theatres: the Palace, Lyric, Apollo, Ga ...
.
In 1990, Roger Wingate was responsible for the acquisition of the Donmar Warehouse. He completely rebuilt and re-equipped it in the form it is known today. Prior to its reopening in 1992,
Roger Wingate
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appointed
Sam Mendes
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as the theatre's first Artistic Director. As a board member and theatrical producer, Roger Wingate remains closely involved with the Donmar to the present day.
Under Sam Mendes (1992–2002)
The Donmar became an independent producing house in 1992 with
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...
as artistic director. His opening production was
Stephen Sondheim
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's ''
Assassins
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''. He followed this with a series of classic revivals.
Among Mendes' productions were
John Kander
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and
Fred Ebb
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's ''
Cabaret
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'',
Tennessee Williams
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's ''
The Glass Menagerie
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'',
Stephen Sondheim
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's ''
Company
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'',
Alan Bennett
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's ''
Habeas Corpus
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'' and his farewell duo of
Chekhov
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's ''
Uncle Vanya
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'' and ''
Twelfth Night
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'', which transferred to the
Brooklyn Academy of Music
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.
Under Mendes,
Matthew Warchus
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Warchus is married to American actress Lau ...
's production of
Sam Shepard
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's ''
True West'',
Katie Mitchell
Katrina Jane Mitchell (born 23 September 1964) is an English theatre director.
Life and career
Mitchell was born in Reading, Berkshire, raised in Hermitage, Berkshire, and educated at Oakham School. Upon leaving Oakham, she went up to Mag ...
's of
Beckett's ''
Endgame
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'',
David Leveaux
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's of
Sophocles
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's ''
Elektra'' and
Tom Stoppard
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's ''
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'' were all productions at Donmar. Mendes' successor
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage CBE (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer. He is currently Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company. From 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London and from 2000 ...
directed some of the key productions of the later part of Mendes' tenure, including
Peter Nichols's ''
Passion Play'' and ''
Privates on Parade
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'' and Sondheim's ''
Merrily We Roll Along''.
Under Michael Grandage (2002–2011)
In 2002
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage CBE (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer. He is currently Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company. From 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London and from 2000 ...
succeeded
Sam Mendes
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as Artistic Director. Grandage appointed
Douglas Hodge
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and
Jamie Lloyd
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as Associate Directors; in 2007
Rob Ashford
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succeeded Hodge.
For its revivals of foreign plays, the company regularly commissioned new translations or versions, including
Ibsen's ''
The Wild Duck
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'' (
David Eldridge),
Racine
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's ''
Phaedra
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'' (Frank McGuinness),
Dario Fo
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's ''
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
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'' (
Simon Nye
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) and
Strindberg
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's ''
Creditors
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'' (
David Greig).
Its musical productions included ''
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'' and the
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
works, ''
Pacific Overtures
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Set in 19th-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization ...
'', ''
Merrily We Roll Along'', ''
Company
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'', ''
Into the Woods
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The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale
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'' and the 1992 production of ''
Assassins
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Origin of term
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'' that opened
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...
' tenure as Artistic Director.
Under the umbrella of Warehouse Productions, the theatre sometimes opened shows in the West End. Including 1999's ''
Suddenly Last Summer
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'' and 2005's ''
Guys and Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...
''.
Many well-known actors have appeared at the theatre, including
Nicole Kidman
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(''
The Blue Room''),
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films ...
(''Proof''),
Ian McKellen
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(''The Cut'') and
Ewan McGregor
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(''
Othello
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'').
With only 250 seats, the tickets for ''Othello'' starring McGregor were in such demand that Grandage feared it could become "a bad news story". His response was to plan a one-year season at the 750-seat
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c.1898 by W. G. R. Sprague, the archit ...
, four major new productions presented by Donmar West End. It commenced on 12 September 2008, with
Kenneth Branagh
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in the title role of
Chekhov
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's ''
Ivanov'', given in a new version by
Tom Stoppard
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and directed by Grandage. The West End season continued with
Derek Jacobi
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in ''
Twelfth Night
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'',
Judi Dench
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in
Yukio Mishima
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's ''
Madame de Sade'' and
Jude Law
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in ''
Hamlet
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'', all directed by Grandage.
Following the Donmar West End season, the Donmar held three productions internationally: transfers of ''
Red
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'', ''
Piaf'' and ''Creditors'', to Broadway, Madrid and the
Brooklyn Academy of Music
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respectively. Furthermore, from 30 September through December, the Donmar had the first of three year resident spots at
Trafalgar Studios 2, in order to showcase its past Resident Assistant Directors.
In late 2010, the Donmar led the UK celebrations to mark
Stephen Sondheim
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's 80th birthday to recognise his long association with the theatre. It included a new production of ''
Passion'' directed by
Jamie Lloyd
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.
In February 2011, the Donmar collaborated with the
National Theatre Live
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About
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programme to broadcast its production of ''
King Lear
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It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...
'', starring
Derek Jacobi
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, to cinemas around the world. With over 350 screens in 20 countries, this single performance of ''King Lear'' was seen by more than 30,000 people.
Under Josie Rourke (2012–2019)
In January 2012,
Josie Rourke
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became the third Artistic Director in the Donmar's history. The first production under her leadership was
George Farquhar's ''
The Recruiting Officer
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'', which Rourke also directed. Her first season also included
Robert Holman
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's 1987 play, ''Making Noise Quietly'', directed by
Peter Gill;
Jack Thorne
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He is best known for writing the stage play ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', the films ''Wonder'' and '' Enola Holmes'', an ...
's new version of ''
The Physicists
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'' by Swiss playwright
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;
Brian Friel
Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. (subscription req ...
's ''
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
''Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' is a 1964 play by Irish dramatist Brian Friel. Set in the fictional town of Ballybeg, County Donegal, the play launched Friel onto the international stage.
Plot
''Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' centres around Gareth ...
'', directed by Lyndsey Turner; and Rourke's own production of
Jean Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...
's ''
Berenice
Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. ...
'', in a new translation by
Alan Hollinghurst
Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 2004 Booker Prize.
Early life and education
H ...
and
Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Christian Lloyd, (born 17 June 1957) is an English film director and producer, best known for ''Mamma Mia!'' (2008) and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011). Her theatre work includes directing productions at the Royal Court Theatre and Royal Na ...
's all female
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
, which later went on to play at the
St. Ann's Warehouse, New York.
The Donmar built a temporary,
in-the-round, 420-seat theatre next to
King's Cross station. This theatre housed the all-female Shakespeare trilogy: The Tempest, Julius Caesar and Henry IV, directed by
Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Christian Lloyd, (born 17 June 1957) is an English film director and producer, best known for ''Mamma Mia!'' (2008) and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011). Her theatre work includes directing productions at the Royal Court Theatre and Royal Na ...
, from September to December 2016.
Under Michael Longhurst (2019–present)
In June 2018,
Michael Longhurst
Michael Longhurst (born 1981) is artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre in Covent Garden, London. He was appointed as its fourth artistic director, succeeding Josie Rourke in the role.
Longfield grew up in Bromley, London. After studyi ...
was named the fourth Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. Longhurst's previous credits include ''
Constellations
A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.
The origins of the earliest constellation ...
'' at the
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, Englan ...
and ''
Amadeus
Amadeus may refer to:
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music
*Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name
* ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer
* ''Amadeus'' (film), ...
'' at the
National Theatre.
Longhurst's first season at the Donmar started on 20 June 2019 with
David Greig’s ''Europe'', followed by the UK premiere of ''Appropriate'' by
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an American playwright. He won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays '' Appropriate'' and '' An Octoroon''. His plays
'' Gloria'' and '' Everybody'' were finalists for the 2016 and 2018 Pulitzer ...
. Further planned productions include ''
lank
Lank may refer to:
* Lank (surname)
* Lank, Cornwall, a hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom
* Lank Rigg, fell in the English Lake District
See also
* Lanc (disambiguation) Lanc may refer to:
__NOTOC__ Organizations
* National-Christian Defense L ...
' by
Alice Birch
Alice Birch is a British playwright and screenwriter. Birch has written several plays, including ''Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.'' for which she was awarded the George Devine Award for Most Promising New Playwright, and ''Anatomy of a Suicide' ...
, the UK premiere of
Mike Lew's ''Teenage Dick'' and the season closes with
Caryl Churchill's ''Far Away.''
Productions
1990s
*''
Assassins
An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder.
Assassin may also refer to:
Origin of term
* Someone belonging to the medieval Persian Ismaili order of Assassins
Animals and insects
* Assassin bugs, a genus in the family ''Reduviida ...
'' (22 October 1992 – 9 January 1993)
*''
Richard III
Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Battl ...
'' (14 January–20 February 1993)
*''Playland'' (25 February–17 April 1993)
*''Don't Fool With Love'' (22 April–15 May 1993)
*''
Translations
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ...
'' (3 June–24 July 1993)
*''
Here
Here is an adverb that means "in, on, or at this place". It may also refer to:
Software
* Here Technologies, a mapping company
* Here WeGo (formerly Here Maps), a mobile app and map website by Here Technologies, Here
Television
* Here TV (form ...
'' (9 July–11 September 1993)
*''The Life of Stuff'' (16 September–6 November 1993)
*''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' (10–27 November 1993)
*''
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...
'' (2 December 1993 – 26 March 1994)
*''Half Time'' (4, 5, 11 and 12 February 1994)
*''
Maria Friedman by Special Arrangement'' (20, 27 February and 6 March 1994)
*''
Beautiful Thing'' (29 March–23 April 1994)
*''
Maria Friedman by Special Arrangement by Further Arrangement'' (23 May–11 June 1994)
*''
Glengarry Glen Ross'' (16 June–27 August 1994)
*''
Design for Living
''Design for Living'' is a comedy play written by Noël Coward in 1932. It concerns a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship. Originally written to star Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt and Cowa ...
'' (1 September–5 November 1994)
*''
True West'' (9 November–3 December 1994)
*''
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
'' (8 December 1994 – 18 March 1995)
*''
Highland Fling
The Highland Fling is a Solo dance, solo Scottish highland dance, Highland dance that gained popularity in the early 19th century. The word 'Fling' means literally a movement in dancing. In John Jamieson's 1808 ''Etymological Dictionary of the Sc ...
'' (21 March–8 April 1995)
*''
Our Boys
''Our Boys'' is a comedy in three acts written by Henry James Byron, first performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Until it was surpassed by the run of '' Charley's Aunt'' in the 1890s, it was the world's longest-r ...
'' (11 April–13 May 1995)
*''Insignificance'' (1 June–6 August 1995)
*''
The Glass Menagerie
''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic persona ...
'' (7 September–5 November 1995)
*''Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club'' (7–25 November 1995)
*''
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...
'' (1 December 1995 – 2 March 1996)
*''The King of Prussia'' (4–9 March 1996)
*''Buddleia'' (12–16 March 1996)
*''Song from a Forgotten City'' (18–23 March 1996)
*''Bondagers'' (27 March–6 April 1996)
*''
Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to:
Film
* ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film)
* ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film
* ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...
'' (11 April–25 May 1996)
*''
Habeas Corpus
''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, t ...
'' (30 May–27 July 1996)
*''
Hedda Gabler
''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been can ...
'' (30 July–31 August 1996)
*''Pentecost'' (3–28 September 1996)
*''
Fool for Love'' (3 October–30 November 1996)
*''
Nine
9 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
9 or nine may also refer to:
Dates
* AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era
* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
* 9, numerical symbol for the month of September
Places
* Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...
'' (6 December 1996 – 8 March 1997)
*''Badfinger'' (11–22 March 1997)
*''Summer Begins'' (25 March–5 April 1997)
*''Halloween Night'' (8–19 April 1997)
*''
The Fix'' (26 April–14 June 1997)
*''
The Maids
''The Maids'' (french: Les Bonnes, links=no) is a 1947 play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed.
The pla ...
'' (19 June–9 August 1997)
*''
The Seagull
''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...
'' (12 August–6 September 1997)
*''
Enter the Guardsman
''Enter the Guardsman ''is a musical based on Ferenc Molnár's play ''The Guardsman'', with music by Craig Bohmler, lyrics by Marion Adler and a book by Scott Wentworth.
The story concerns an actor who tests his actress wife's love by sending her ...
'' (11 September–18 October 1997)
*''
Electra'' (21 October–6 December 1997)
*''
The Front Page
''The Front Page'' is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times.
Plot
The ...
'' (10 December 1997 – 28 February 1998)
*''In a Little World of our Own'' (3–7 March 1998)
*''Tell Me'' (9–14 March 1998)
*''Timeless'' (17–21 March 1998)
*''Sleeping Around'' (23–28 March 1998)
*''
The Real Inspector Hound
''The Real Inspector Hound'' is a short, one-act play by Tom Stoppard. The plot follows two theatre critics named Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a whodunit. By chance, th ...
/
Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
'' (Tour: 25 March–11 April 1998, West End: 16 April–31 October 1998, Tour: 18 August–23 October 1999)
*''The Bullet'' (2 April–2 May 1998)
*''
A Kind of Alaska
''A Kind of Alaska'' is a one-act play written in 1982 by British playwright Harold Pinter.
Summary
A middle-aged woman named Deborah, who has been in a comatose state for thirty years as a result of contracting "sleepy sickness," encephalitis l ...
'', ''
The Lover'' & ''
The Collection'' (7 May–13 June 1998)
*''
How I Learned to Drive
''How I Learned to Drive'' is a play written by American playwright Paula Vogel. The play premiered on March 16, 1997, Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. Vogel received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. It was written and develo ...
'' (18 June–8 August 1998)
*''
Divas at the Donmar
''Divas at the Donmar'' is a stage production that occurred for 5 seasons at the Donmar Warehouse, first premiering on 10 August 1998, with the last show ending on 31 August 2002. The show hosted different actors and actresses performing a variety ...
''
with Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series ''The Nanny''.
Career
A native of Chicago, her father, John Callaway, was a journalist and her mot ...
& Liz Callaway
Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya/Anastasia in '' Anastasia'', Odette in ''T ...
, Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals '' Plain and Fancy'' (1955), ''Candide'' (1956) and ''The Music Man'' ( ...
and Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre produ ...
(10 August–5 September 1998)
*''
The Blue Room'' (10 September–31 October 1998)
*''
Into the Woods
''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...
'' (6 November 1998 – 13 February 1999)
*''Splash Hatch on the E Going Down'' (16–27 February 1999)
*''Morphic Resonance'' (17–27 February 1999)
*''
Three Days of Rain
''Three Days of Rain'' is a play by Richard Greenberg that was commissioned and produced by South Coast Repertory in 1997. The title comes from a line from W. S. Merwin's poem, "For the Anniversary of My Death" (1967). The play has often been cal ...
'' (1–13 March 1999)
*''
Suddenly, Last Summer'' (Tour: 3 March–3 April 1999, West End: 8 April–17 July 1999)
*''Good'' (18 March–22 May 1999)
*''
The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
'' (27 May–7 August 1999)
*''Divas at the Donmar''
with Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. She has won three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, two Grammy Awards, and was a 2006 inductee to the American Theater Hall of Fa ...
, Audra McDonald
Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four act ...
and Sam Brown (9 August–4 September 1999)
*''
Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & Roma ...
'' (Tour: 6–25 September 1999, West End: 27 September–18 December 1999)
*''
Juno and the Paycock'' (9 September–6 November 1999)
2000s
*''
Three Days of Rain
''Three Days of Rain'' is a play by Richard Greenberg that was commissioned and produced by South Coast Repertory in 1997. The title comes from a line from W. S. Merwin's poem, "For the Anniversary of My Death" (1967). The play has often been cal ...
'' (9 November–22 December 1999 & 5–22 January 2000)
*''
American Buffalo
American Buffalo may refer to:
*American Buffalo (play), ''American Buffalo'' (play), a play by David Mamet
*American Buffalo (film), ''American Buffalo'' (film), a 1996 film of Mamet's play directed by Michael Corrente
*American Buffalo (coin), a ...
'' (28 January–26 February 2000)
*''
Helpless'' (2 March–8 April 2000)
*''
Passion Play'' (13 April–10 June 2000)
*''
Orpheus Descending
''Orpheus Descending'' is a three-act play by Tennessee Williams. It was first presented on Broadway on March 17, 1957 but had only a brief run (68 performances) and modest success. It was revived on Broadway in 1989, directed by Peter Hall an ...
'' (15 June–12 August 2000)
*''Divas at the Donmar''
with Betty Buckley and Clive Rowe
Clive Mark Rowe (born 27 March 1964) is a British actor, best known for his role as Norman "Duke" Ellington in BBC Children's drama ''The Story of Tracy Beaker''. He also starred as Mayor Doyle in the Disney show ''The Evermoor Chronicles''.
...
(21 August–9 September 2000)
*''
To the Green Fields Beyond'' (14 September–25 November 2000)
*''
Merrily We Roll Along'' (1 December 2000 – 3 March 2001)
*''
Boston Marriage
A "Boston marriage" was, historically, the cohabitation of two wealthy women, independent of financial support from a man. The term is said to have been in use in New England in the late 19th/early 20th century. Some of these relationships were ...
'' (8 March–14 April 2001)
*''Tales from Hollywood'' (19 April–23 June 2001)
*''
A Lie of the Mind
''A Lie of the Mind'' is a play written by Sam Shepard, first staged at the off-Broadway Promenade Theater on 5 December 1985. The play was directed by Shepard himself with stars Harvey Keitel as Jake, Amanda Plummer as Beth, Aidan Quinn as Franki ...
'' (28 June–1 September 2001)
*''Divas at the Donmar''
with Clive Rowe
Clive Mark Rowe (born 27 March 1964) is a British actor, best known for his role as Norman "Duke" Ellington in BBC Children's drama ''The Story of Tracy Beaker''. He also starred as Mayor Doyle in the Disney show ''The Evermoor Chronicles''.
...
, Siân Phillips
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' and George Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan''.
Early life
Phi ...
and Michael Ball
Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of ''Les Misérables'', and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in ...
(3–29 September 2001)
*''
The Little Foxes
''The Little Foxes'' is a 1939 play by Lillian Hellman, considered a classic of 20th century drama. Its title comes from Chapter 2, Verse 15 of the Song of Solomon in the King James version of the Bible, which reads, "Take us the foxes, the lit ...
'' (4 October–24 November 2001)
*''
Privates on Parade
''Privates on Parade: A Play with Songs in Two Acts'' is a 1977 farce by English playwright Peter Nichols (book and lyrics), with music by Denis King.
Plot
The play is set around the activities and exploits of the fictional Song and Dance Uni ...
'' (30 November 2001 – 2 March 2002)
*''
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
''Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train'' is a play written by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Plot synopsis
The play takes place in a prison on Rikers Island in New York. Angel Cruz and Lucius Jenkins face murder charges.
Productions
The play premiered Off-Broadw ...
'' (6–30 March 2002)
*''Frame 312'' (11–30 March 2002)
*''
Lobby Hero
''Lobby Hero'' is a play by Kenneth Lonergan. It premiered Off-Broadway in 2001.
Production history
''Lobby Hero'' premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, on March 13, 2001, and closed on April 15, 2001, reopening at the John Houseman ...
'' (10 April–4 May 2002)
*''
Proof'' (9 May–15 June 2002)
*''
Take Me Out'' (20 June–3 August 2002)
*''Divas at the Donmar'' with
Janie Dee
Janie Dee (born 20 June 1962) is an English actress and singer. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Play, and in New York the Obie and Theatre World Award ...
, Ruby Turner
Francella Ruby Turner MBE (born 22 June 1958) is a British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress.
In a music career spanning more than 30 years, Turner is best known for her album and single releases in Europe and North Americ ...
, Philip Quast
Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.
He is perhaps best known ...
and (5–31 August 2002)
*''
Uncle Vanya
''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the dir ...
'' (6 September–20 November 2002)
*''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...
'' (11 October–30 November 2002)
*''
The Vortex
''The Vortex'' is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled relationship with her adult son, and drug abuse in British society circles after the ...
'' (5 December 2002 – 15 February 2003)
*''
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' ( it, Morte accidentale di un anarchico) is a play by Italian playwright Dario Fo that premiered in 1970. Considered a classic of 20th-century theater, it has been performed across the world in more than for ...
'' (20 February–18 April 2003)
*''
Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...
'' (24 April–14 June 2003)
*''
Pacific Overtures
''Pacific Overtures'' is a Musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler.
Set in 19th-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization ...
'' (20 June–6 September 2003)
''The Hotel in Amsterdam''(11 September–15 November 2003)
*''
After Miss Julie
''After Miss Julie'' is a 1995 play by Patrick Marber which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, ''Miss Julie'' (1888), to an English country house in July 1945. The re-imagining of the events of Strindberg's original are transposed ...
'' (20 November 2003 – 7 February 2004)
*''
World Music'' (12 February–13 March 2004)
''The Dark''(18 March–24 April 2004)
*''
Pirandello's Henry IV'' (29 April–26 June 2004)
*''
Old Times
''Old Times'' is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on 1 June 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was direct ...
'' (1 July–4 September 2004)
*''
Hecuba
Hecuba (; also Hecabe; grc, Ἑκάβη, Hekábē, ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War.
Description
Hecuba was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the ''Chronography'' as "da ...
'' (9 September–12 November 2004)
*''
Grand Hotel A grand hotel is a large and luxurious hotel, especially one housed in a building with traditional architectural style. It began to flourish in the 1800s in Europe and North America.
Grand Hotel may refer to:
Hotels Africa
* Grande Hotel Beir ...
'' (19 November 2004 – 12 February 2005)
*''
Days of Wine and Roses'' (17 February–2 April 2005)
*''
The Cosmonaut's Last Message...'' (7 April–21 May 2005)
*''
Guys and Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...
'' (West End; 20 May 2005 – 6 December 2007)
*''
This Is How It Goes
''This Is How It Goes'' is a play by Neil LaBute set in small town America, about the repercussions of an interracial love triangle. The play premiered Off-Broadway in 2005 and also was produced in the West End in 2005.
Plot and concept
High ...
'' (26 May–9 July 2005)
*''
Mary Stuart'' (14 July–3 September 2005)
*''
The Philanthropist'' (8 September–15 October 2005)
*''
The God of Hell'' (20 October–2 December 2005)
*''
The Wild Duck
''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is considered the first modern masterpiece in the genre of tragicomedy. ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "often t ...
'' (8 December 2005 – 18 February 2006)
*''
The Cut'' (23 February–1 April 2006)
*''
Phèdre
''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Composition and premiere
With ...
'' (6 April–3 June 2006)
*''
A Voyage Round My Father
''A Voyage Round My Father'' is an autobiographical play by John Mortimer, later adapted for television.
The first version of the play appeared as a series of three half-hour sketches for BBC radio in 1963. It then became a television play with ...
'' (8 June–5 August 2006)
*''
Frost/Nixon'' (10 August–7 October 2006)
*''
The Cryptogram
''The Cryptogram'' is a Play (theatre), play by United States, American playwright David Mamet. The play concerns the moment when childhood is lost. The story is set in 1959 on the night before a young boy is to go on a camping trip with his fath ...
'' (12 October–25 November 2006)
*''
Don Juan in Soho
''Don Juan in Soho'' is a play by the British playwright Patrick Marber after Molière (see '' Dom Juan'').
Production history Original production
Directed by Michael Grandage, it premiered at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London on 6 Dece ...
'' (30 November 2006 – 10 February 2007)
*''
John Gabriel Borkman
''John Gabriel Borkman'' is a 1896 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was his penultimate work.
Plot
The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to ...
'' (15 February–14 April 2007)
*''
Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (19 April–26 May 2007)
*''
Betrayal
Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Ofte ...
'' (31 May–21 July 2007)
*''Absurdia'' (26 July–8 September 2007)
*''
Parade
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, float (parade), floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually ce ...
'' (14 September–24 November 2007)
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Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
'' (4 December 2007 – 23 February 2008)
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The Man Who Had All the Luck
''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' is a play by Arthur Miller, his second major play (after '' No Villain'').
''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' follows protagonist David Beeves’ existential exploration into the enigmatic question of how fate and t ...
'' (28 February–5 April 2008)
*''Small Change'' (10 April–31 May 2008)
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The Chalk Garden
''The Chalk Garden'' is a play by Enid Bagnold that premiered in the US in 1955 and was produced in Britain the following year. It tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of ...
'' (5 June–2 August 2008)
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Piaf'' (8 August–20 September 2008)
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Ivanov'' (Donmar West End; 12 September–29 November 2008)
*''Creditors'' (25 September–15 November 2008)
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The Family Reunion'' (20 November 2008 – 17 January 2009)
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Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...
'' (Donmar West End; 5 December 2008 – 7 March 2009)
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Be Near Me
"Be Near Me" is a song by English new wave and synth-pop band ABC. It was released in April 1985 as the second single from their third studio album, '' How to Be a ... Zillionaire!'' It peaked at No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart in 1985, and w ...
'' (22 January–14 March 2009)
*''Dimetos'' (19 March–9 May 2009)
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Madame de Sade'' (Donmar West End; 23 March–23 May 2009)
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A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' ( Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having be ...
'' (14 May–18 July 2009)
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Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' (Donmar West End; 29 May–22 August 2009)
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A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...
'' (23 July–3 October 2009)
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Life is a Dream'' (8 October–28 November 2009)
2010s
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Red
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'' (3 December 2009 – 6 February 2010)
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Serenading Louie
''Serenading Louie'' is a 1976 play by Lanford Wilson.
Production history
The 1976 Off-Broadway production of ''Serenading Louie'' played at the Circle Repertory Company from May 2 to May 30, 1976. Marshall W. Mason won an Obie Award for his d ...
'' (11 February–27 March 2010)
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Polar Bears
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'' (1 April–22 May 2010)
*''The Late Middle Classes'' (27 May–17 July 2010)
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The Prince of Homburg'' (22 July–4 September 2010)
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Passion'' (10 September–27 November 2010)
*''Lower Ninth'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 30 September–23 October 2010)
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Novecento'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 28 October–20 November 2010)
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Les Parents Terribles
''Les Parents terribles'' is a 1938 French play written by Jean Cocteau. Despite initial problems with censorship, it was revived on the French stage several times after its original production, and in 1948 a film adaptation directed by Cocteau ...
'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 25 November–18 December 2010)
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King Lear
''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...
'' (3 December 2010 – 5 February 2011)
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, based on a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spe ...
'' (11 February–2 April 2011)
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Moonlight
Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.
Illumination
The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ful ...
'' (7 April–28 May 2011)
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Luise Miller
''Intrigue and Love'', sometimes ''Love and Intrigue'', ''Love and Politics'' or ''Luise Miller'' (german: Kabale und Liebe, ; literally "''Cabal and Love''") is a five-act Play (theatre), play written by the German dramatist Friedrich Schiller. ...
'' (8 June–30 July 2011)
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Anna Christie
''Anna Christie'' is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According to historian Paul Avrich, the ...
'' (4 August–8 October 2011)
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Inadmissible Evidence
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'' (13 October–26 November 2011)
*''Salt, Root & Roe'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 10 November–3 December 2011)
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Richard II'' (1 December 2011 – 4 February 2012)
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Dublin Carol
''Dublin Carol'' is a play by Conor McPherson, which premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre in 2000.
Plot
John, a middle-aged employee of a funeral home in Dublin, returns from a funeral on Christmas Eve with Mark, a 20-year-old who has h ...
'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 8–31 December 2011)
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Huis Clos
''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting ...
'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 5–28 January 2012)
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The Recruiting Officer
''The Recruiting Officer'' is a 1706 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar, which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, in the town of Shrewsbury (the town where Farquhar himse ...
'' (9 February–14 April 2012)
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Making Noise Quietly'' (19 April–26 May 2012)
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The Physicists
''The Physicists'' (german: Die Physiker) is a satiric drama/ tragic comedy written in 1961 by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The play was mainly written as a result of the Second World War and many advances in science and nuclear technolo ...
'' (31 May–21 July 2012)
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Philadelphia, Here I Come!
''Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' is a 1964 play by Irish dramatist Brian Friel. Set in the fictional town of Ballybeg, County Donegal, the play launched Friel onto the international stage.
Plot
''Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' centres around Gareth ...
'' (26 July–22 September 2012)
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Berenice
Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. ...
'' (27 September–24 November 2012)
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
'' (30 November 2012 – 9 February 2013)
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Trelawny of the Wells
''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society.
Synopsis
''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' te ...
'' (15 February 2013 – 13 April 2013)
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The Promise'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 15 November–8 December 2012)
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
'' (30 November 2012 – 9 February 2013)
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The Dance of Death'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 13 December 2012 – 5 January 2013)
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The Silence of the Sea
''Le Silence de la mer'' (, ''The Silence of the Sea'') is a French novel written during the summer of 1941 and published in early 1942 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". Published secretly in German-occupied Paris, the book quick ...
'' (Donmar Trafalgar; 10 January–2 February 2013)
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Trelawny of the Wells
''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society.
Synopsis
''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' te ...
'' (15 February–13 April 2013)
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The Weir
''The Weir'' is a play written by Conor McPherson in 1997. It was first produced at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London, England, on 4 July 1997. It opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on 1 April 1999. As well as several oth ...
'' (18 April–8 June 2013)
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The Night Alive'' (13 June–27 July 2013)
*''The Same Deep Water As Me'' (1 August–28 September 2013)
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Roots
A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients.
Root or roots may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing ...
(3 October 2013 – 30 November 2013)
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Coriolanus
''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same ye ...
'' (6 December 2013 – 13 February 2014)
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Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
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Privacy
Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.
The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...
'' (10 April–31 May 2014)
*''Fathers and Sons''
(5 June–26 July 2014)
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My Night With Reg
''My Night with Reg'' is a play by British playwright Kevin Elyot which was produced in 1994 by the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Roger Michell. The production later transferred to the West End.
Entirely set among London's gay com ...
'' (31 July 2014 – 27 September 2014)
*''Henry IV'' (31 July 2014 – 27 September 2014)
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City of Angels'' (5 December 2014 – 7 February 2015)
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Closer'' (12 February – 4 April 2015)
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The Vote
''The Vote'' is a 2015 play by British playwright James Graham. The play received its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse as part of their spring 2015 season, where it ran from 24 April to 7 May 2015. Directed by Josie Rourke and set in a f ...
'' (24 April – 7 May 2015)
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Temple
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
'' (21 May – 25 July 2015)
*''Splendour'' (30 July – 26 September 2015)
*''Teddy Ferrara'' (2 October – 5 December 2015)
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (; English: ''Dangerous Liaisons'') is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782.
It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and ...
'' (11 December 2015 – 13 February 2016)
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Welcome Home, Captain Fox!'' (18 February – 16 April 2016)
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Elegy
An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...
'' (21 April – 18 June 2016)
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Faith Healer'' (23 June – 20 August 2016)
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One Night in Miami
''One Night in Miami'' is the debut play written by Kemp Powers, first performed in 2013. It is a fictional account of the real night of February 25, 1964. It pinpoints a pivotal moment in the lives of four, still nascent, Black American icons w ...
'' (6 October – 3 December 2016)
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Saint Joan'' (9 December 2016 – 18 February 2017)
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Limehouse
Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains throug ...
'' (2 March – 15 April 2017)
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...
'' (21 April – 17 June 2017)
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Committee...'' (23 June – 12 August 2017)
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Knives in Hens'' (17 August – 7 October 2017)
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The Lady from the Sea
''The Lady from the Sea'' ( no, Fruen fra havet, link=no) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad '' Agnete og Havmanden''. The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed ...
'' (12 October – 2 December 2017)
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Belleville'' (7 December – 3 February 2018)
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The York Realist
''The York Realist'' is a 2001 play by Peter Gill. It was premiered at the Lowry in November 2001 before moving to the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Court Theatre in January 2002 by English Touring Theatre, with Gill himself directing. It tran ...
'' (8 February – 24 March 2018)
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The Way of the World
''The Way of the World'' is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as one of the best Restoration comedies and is stil ...
'' (29 March – 26 May 2018)
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (play)
''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark ...
'' (4 June – 28 July 2018)
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Aristocrats (play)
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At the time of the word's ...
'' (2 August – 22 September 2018)
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St Nicholas (play)
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'' (Donmar Dryden Street; 10 September – 5 October 2018)
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Measure For Measure
''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the ''First Folio'' of 1623.
The play's plot features its ...
'' ( 28 September – 1 December 2018)
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Sweat
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Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distrib ...
'' ( 7 December – 26 January 2019)
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Berberian Sound Studio
''Berberian Sound Studio'' is a 2012 British psychological horror film. It is the second feature film by British director and screenwriter Peter Strickland. The film, which stars Toby Jones, is set in a 1970s Italian horror film studio.
Plot
B ...
'' (based on the film) (8 February – 30 March 2019)
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Sweet Charity
''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on ...
'' (6 April – 8 June 2019)
*''Europe'' (20 June – 10 August 2019)
See also
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West End theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.Christopher Innes, "West End" in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 1194–1 ...
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List of London venues
This is a partial list of entertainment venues in London, England.
Theatres
The majority of London's commercial "theatre land" is situated around Shaftesbury Avenue, the Strand and nearby streets in the West End. The theatres are receiving ho ...
References
External links
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Theatres completed in 1977
Theatres in the London Borough of Camden
Producing house theatres in London