Shaw Festival production history

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The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. Founded in 1962, its original mandate was to stimulate interest in George Bernard Shaw and his period, and to advance the development of theatre arts in Canada.

The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Shaw Festival since its inception.

1962[]

1963[]

1964[]

1965[]

1966[]

1967[]

1968[]

  • Heartbreak House – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Importance of Being Oscar – based on the life and works of Oscar Wilde, by Michael MacLiammoir
  • – by Georges Feydeau, translated by Suzanne Grossman

1969[]

1970[]

  • Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Forty Years On – by Alan Bennett

1971[]

1972[]

  • The Royal Family – by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
  • Getting Married – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Misalliance – by George Bernard Shaw

1973[]

1974[]

  • The Devil's Disciple – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Too True to be Good – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas
  • The Admirable Bashville – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Rosmersholm – by Henrik Ibsen

1975[]

  • Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Leaven of Malice – by Robertson Davies
  • Caesar and Cleopatra – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The First Night of Pygmalion – by Richard Huggett
  • – compiled, arranged and performed by Tony Van Bridge

1976[]

1977[]

1978[]

1979[]

1980[]

  • Misalliance – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov
  • A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau
  • – by
  • The Philanderer – by George Bernard Shaw
  • A Respectable Wedding – by Bertolt Brecht, translated by
  • Canuck – by
  • Puttin on the Ritz – by Irving Berlin
  • – compiled and performed by Heath Lamberts
  • Overruled – by George Bernard Shaw

1981[]

1982[]

  • Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • See How They Run – by Philip King
  • – by Robert David MacDonald
  • Cyrano de Bergerac – by Edmond Rostand
  • Too True to Be Good – by George Bernard Shaw
  • – adapted by Simone Benmussa from Albert Nobbs by George Moore
  • The Desert Song – book and lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and Frank Mandel
  • The Music Cure – by George Bernard Shaw

1983[]

1984[]

1985[]

1986[]

  • Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Banana Ridge – by Ben Travers
  • Cavalcade – by Noël Coward
  • Back to Methuselah – by George Bernard Shaw
  • On the Rocks – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Holiday – by Philip Barry
  • Tonight We Improvise – by Luigi Pirandello
  • Black Coffee – by Agatha Christie
  • Girl Crazy – music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, libretto by John McGowan and Guy Bolton
  • Passion, Poison and Petrifaction – by George Bernard Shaw

1987[]

  • Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Hay Fever – by Noël Coward
  • – by June Havoc
  • Peter Pan – by J.M. Barrie
  • Fanny's First Play – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Night of January 16th – by Ayn Rand
  • Playing with Fire – by August Strindberg
  • Salome – by Oscar Wilde
  • – by
  • Anything Goes – music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
  • Augustus Does His Bit – by George Bernard Shaw

1988[]

1989[]

1990[]

1991[]

1992[]

  • Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Counsellor-at-Law – by Elmer Rice
  • Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas
  • Widowers' Houses – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Drums in the Night – by Bertolt Brecht
  • Point Valaine – by Noël Coward
  • On the Town – music by Leonard Bernstein, books and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
  • Ten Minute Alibi – by Anthony Armstrong
  • Overruled – by George Bernard Shaw

1993[]

  • Saint Joan – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Silver King – by Henry Arthur Jones
  • Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward
  • Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Unmentionables – by Carl Sternheim
  • – by Harley Granville Barker
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Leo Robin, book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields
  • And Then There Were None – by Agatha Christie
  • The Man of Destiny – by George Bernard Shaw

1994[]

  • Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Front Page – by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Sherlock Holmes – by William Gillette
  • Too True to Be Good – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Eden End – by J.B. Priestley
  • – by Witold Gombrowicz
  • Lady Be Good – music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
  • Busman's Honeymoon – by Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St Clare Byrne
  • Rococo – by Harley Granville Barker
  • – by George Bernard Shaw

1995[]

1996[]

  • The Devil's Disciple – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Rashoman – by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin
  • Hobson's Choice – by Harold Brighouse
  • An Ideal Husband – by Oscar Wilde
  • The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Playboy of the Western World – by J.M. Synge
  • – by Merrill Denison
  • Mr. Cinders – music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers, libretto and lyrics by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman
  • The Hollow – by Agatha Christie
  • – by J.M. Barrie
  • – by David Ben and Patrick Watson

1997[]

  • Mrs. Warren's Profession – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Hobson's Choice – by Harold Brighouse
  • – by Vernon Sylvaine
  • The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov
  • In Good King Charles's Golden Days – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Playboy of the Western World – by J.M. Synge
  • The Children's Hour – by Lillian Hellman
  • – by Harley Granville Barker
  • The Chocolate Soldier – music by Oscar Straus, adapted and arranged by Ronald Hanmer, original book and lyrics by Rudolf Bernauer and  [de]
  • The Two Mrs. Carrolls – by
  • – by David Ben and Patrick Watson
  • Sorry Wrong Number – by Lucille Fletcher

1998[]

1999[]

2000[]

2001[]

  • The Millionairess – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Peter Pan – by J.M. Barrie
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner – by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
  • Picnic – by William Inge
  • Fanny's First Play – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author – by Luigi Pirandello
  • – by St John Hankin
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood – a musical by Rupert Holmes
  • Laura – by Vera Caspary and
  • Love from a Stranger – by Frank Vosper, based on a story by Agatha Christie
  • Shadow Play – by Noël Coward

2002[]

2003[]

  • Misalliance – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Three Sisters – by Anton Chekhov
  • – by Michel Marc Bouchard
  • The Royal Family – by George S. Kaufman
  • Widowers' Houses – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Diana of Dobson's – by Cicely Hamilton
  • The Plough and the Stars – by Seán O'Casey
  • Afterplay – by Brian Friel
  • On the Twentieth Century – book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman
  • Blood Relations – by Sharon Pollock
  • Happy End – lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill

2004[]

2005[]

  • Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw
  • You Never Can Tell – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Gypsy – music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents
  • Journey's End – by R. C. Sherriff
  • The Autumn Garden – by Lillian Hellman
  • Belle Moral – by Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • The Constant Wife – by Somerset Maugham
  • Happy End – Music by Kurt Weill, Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
  • Bus Stop – by William Inge
  • – (One Act) by Georges Feydeau and

2006[]

  • Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Too True to be Good – by George Bernard Shaw
  • High Society – music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Arthur Kopit
  • The Crucible – by Arthur Miller
  • – by Lillian Groag
  • Rosmersholm – by Henrik Ibsen
  • – by Anton Chekhov
  • The Heiress – adapted from Washington Square by Henry James
  • – by , adapted from the novel by H.G. Wells
  • Design for Living – by Noël Coward

2007[]

  • The Philanderer – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Saint Joan – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Mack and Mabel – music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart
  • – by Georges Feydeau
  • The Circle – by Somerset Maugham
  • Summer and Smoke – by Tennessee Williams
  • A Month in the Country – by Brian Friel, based on the original by Ivan Turgenev
  • Tristan – by and
  • – by St. John Hankin
  • – by Lady Augusta Gregory

2008[]

2009[]

2010[]

  • The Women – by Clare Boothe Luce
  • The Doctor's Dilemma – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov
  • An Ideal Husband – by Oscar Wilde
  • John Bull's Other Island – by George Bernard Shaw
  • – by Linda Griffiths
  • Harvey – by Mary Coyle Chase
  • One Touch of Venus – by Kurt Weill, book by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, lyrics by Ogden Nash
  • Half an Hour – by J. M. Barrie
  • Serious Money - by Caryl Churchill

2011[]

2012[]

2013[]

  • Guys and Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
  • Lady Windermere's Fan – by Oscar Wilde
  • Enchanted April – by Elizabeth von Arnim, adapted by
  • Peace In Our Time: A Comedy – by John Murrell, adapted from Geneva by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Light in the Piazza – book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel
  • Trifles – by Susan Glaspell
  • Our Betters – by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Faith Healer – by Brian Friel
  • Arcadia – by Tom Stoppard

2014[]

2015[]

2016[]

  • Alice in Wonderland – by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Peter Hinton, music by
  • A Woman of No Importance – by Oscar Wilde
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
  • Uncle Vanya – by Anton Chekhov
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession – by George Bernard Shaw
  • "Master Harold"...and the Boys – by Athol Fugard
  • Our Town – by Thornton Wilder
  • Engaged – by W.S. Gilbert
  • The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God – by George Bernard Shaw, adapted by Lisa Codrington
  • The Dance of Death – by August Strindberg, adapted by Richard Greenberg

2017[]

  • Me and My Girl - book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and , music by Noel Gay
  • Saint Joan – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Dracula - by Bram Stoker, adapted by Liz Lochhead
  • 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt - by Rick Salutin
  • Androcles and the Lion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Wilde Tales - by Oscar Wilde
  • The Madness of George III - by Alan Bennett
  • Dancing at Lughnasa - by Brian Friel
  • An Octoroon - by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
  • - by Will Eno
  • - by Michael Healey

2018[]

  • The Magician's Nephew - by C.S. Lewis, adapted for the stage by Michael O'Brien
  • Grand Hotel - book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional music by Maury Yeston
  • - by Stephen Fry
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles - by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette
  • - by Sarah Ruhl
  • Of Marriage and Men: A Comedy Double-Bill (How He Lied to Her Husband and The Man of Destiny) - by George Bernard Shaw
  • O'Flaherty V.C. - by George Bernard Shaw
  • Oh What a Lovely War - by Joan Littlewood, Theatre Workshop and Charles Chilton
  • A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
  • - by
  • The Baroness and the Pig - by Michael Mackenzie
  • Henry V - by William Shakespeare[1]

2019[]

  • The Horse and His Boy - by C.S. Lewis, adapted for the stage by Anna Chatterton
  • Brigadoon - book and lyrics by Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
  • The Ladykillers - by Graham Linehan, from the motion picture screenplay by William Rose
  • Man and Superman with Don Juan in Hell - by Bernard Shaw
  • Mahabharata: Beginnings - by
  • Rope - by Patrick Hamilton
  • Getting Married - by Bernard Shaw
  • The Russian Play - by Hannah Moscovitch
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - by Edmond Rostand, translated and adapted for the stage by Kate Hennig
  • The Glass Menagerie - by Tennessee Williams
  • Sex - by Mae West
  • Victory - by Howard Barker
  • A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
  • Holiday Inn - music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge[2]

2020[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on August 26, 2020 that the entirety of the 2020 season was cancelled, with the possible exception of A Christmas Carol, which may still be performed depending on government guidelines.[3] Previously, on July 22, 2020, it was said there was the possibility that some performances of Charley's Aunt and Flush might begin in September.[4]

  • Gypsy - book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  • The Devil's Disciple - by Bernard Shaw
  • - by , based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Mahabharata - adapted by and , original concept developed with
  • Charley's Aunt - by Brandon Thomas
  • Prince Caspian - adapted for the stage by Damien Atkins, based on the novel by C.S. Lewis
  • Flush - based on the novella by Virginia Woolf, adapted and directed by Tim Carroll
  • Assassins - book by John Weidman, music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, from an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.
  • The Playboy of the Western World - by J.M. Synge
  • Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
  • Trouble in Mind - by Alice Childress
  • The History of Niagara - created and performed by Mike Petersen and Alexandra Montagnese, at Fort George Historic Site, in association with Parks Canada
  • A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
  • Me and My Girl - book and lyrics by and Douglas Furber, book revised by Stephen Fry, with contributions by Mike Ockrent, music by Noel Gay. Presented for the Christmas season.[5]

2021[]

For the 2021 season, the Shaw Festival hopes to present many of the anticipated productions that were originally scheduled for 2020.[6]

  • The Devil's Disciple - by Bernard Shaw
  • - by , based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Charley's Aunt - by Brandon Thomas
  • Flush - based on the novella by Virginia Woolf, adapted and directed by Tim Carroll
  • Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
  • Trouble in Mind - by Alice Childress
  • The History of Niagara - created and performed by Mike Petersen and Alexandra Montagnese, at Fort George Historic Site, in association with Parks Canada
  • A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
  • Holiday Inn - music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge

Gypsy, originally planned for the 2020 season, and then intended to be staged in 2021, has now been postponed until the 2023 season.[7]

The productions that were originally scheduled, and subsequently cancelled, for 2020 and not planned for 2021 are: Mahabharata, Prince Caspian, Assassins, The Playboy of the Western World, and Me and My Girl.

2022 (announced)[]

The 2022 season announced by Artistic Director Tim Carroll will run from February to December.[8]

  • Damn Yankees - book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
  • The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde
  • The Doctor's Dilemma – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - by Edmond Rostand, translated and adapted for the stage by Kate Hennig
  • Gaslight - by Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson
  • Chitra - by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Just To Get Married - by Cicely Hamilton
  • This Is How We Got Here - by Keith Barker
  • Too True to be Good – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Everybody - by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
  • Gem of the Ocean - by August Wilson
  • A Short History of Niagara - by Alexandra Montagnese and Mike Petersen
  • Fairground and Shawground
  • A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
  • White Christmas - music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by David Ives and Paul Blake

Frequency of production of Shaw's plays[]

Note: The following original theatrical works by Shaw have never been produced at the Shaw Festival: Buoyant Billions, Cymbeline Refinished, Farfetched Fables, The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, and Why She Would Not.

References[]

  1. ^ "Shaw Festival Announces 2018 Season – Media Releases from Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada".
  2. ^ "Announcing the Shaw's 2019 Season".
  3. ^ "Shaw Festival cancels Fall performances". Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Shaw Festival Announces Further Cancellations". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ https://www.shawfest.com/announcing-the-shaws-2020-season/
  6. ^ "The Shaw's 2021 Season". The Shaw Festival. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Shaw Festival 2021 Season". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (6 October 2021), Shaw Festival plans to 'come out swinging' in 2022 with jam-packed lineup led by Damn Yankees, The Globe and Mail

Bibliography[]

  • Holmes, Katherine ed. (1986). Celebrating!: twenty-five years on the stage at the Shaw Festival. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 0-919783-48-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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